HISTORY 



S, Grant Post No, 32 



BROOKLYN, M. Y., 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 



ITS MEMBERS. 



HENRY WHITTKMORK. 



DElKOIl FRHE I'RES> PL HUSHING COMPANV, DElKtHl, MICHIGAN. 
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INDKS TO NAMES. 

[Those not indexed are members of the Fust whi> hii\e not sent (.lata fur Ijio.i^^rajiliie 



*Ahlslrom. JoUu. 
*Baaker, .Tosiali EI. 
Barker. Oeorge F. , TO. 
Barker, Wm II.. (i"i. 
*Barnie, Alex.. Jr. 
*Barrymore, W.. 7'^. 
Bates. Isaac F. 
*Beecher, H. B.. n'.l 
*Boles, Jnhu. 
*Bootli, Wm. C. (SI). 
-■*Brodie. Win. W., (ifl. 
*j?rouson. .las. .V.. 71. 
*Bro\ver, Ed. S. 
*Brown, George. 
*Brush, Dr. Gen. \V.. 7:1. 
*Burlett, Al.nani. 
*Biirlingaine, C'lias. .\. 
Beaille.^H. H.. M 
*('alvert. H. M.. "il. 
Caiu|), Henry. 84 
*Carshaw. \Vin. E.. 74. 
*(.'assi(ly. Richard. 77. 
Clianiberlin Thus. M.. 78. 
*Chartres, Thos. 
*Christenseu, C. 'l'.. 79. 
*01ark, Philip S.,7(l. 
-^Clnhridge. S. (.'. 
*(;orlietl. Alarsliall J. 
■•■'C^ollins. (iccirge J.. ','>. 
*(;ortelvou, W^ni. Van H. 

1(12. " 
*(;or\viu, B R.. s-.>. 
Covirtuey, Wm. H. 
*Cov, ^a, Wm . 77. 
"■'"Cranston. .VlfriMl. .53. 
*Croucli. Wm. T., I)«. 
'urtin. .John .1. 
Jannon, M M. 
■*Dalton, .Tames. 
*Dayton. Genrge M. 
*Demarest. M.. 8.5 
*Dennis, Ilenrv W. 
*D()li)hin. M. .t. 
■'Drake. F. .1. 
Dykeman. Emmett. 
Doughty. Gardner K. 
Edgar, F. E. 
"*Eilniondson, Chas. . si;. 
*Egolf, .John A..8.i. 
•^■Fagaii. Peter W.. '.li. 
Ferris. Daniel O., !)(i. 
Fiala, Anthony, ss. 
Fisher, O. M. ' 
"•'Fletcher, Frank II.. S7. 
Foster, I. M., S9. 
*Frankenberg, S. H. (il. 
Freeman. Abraham. 
Freeman, Dr. .John N.. HI 
"*Fi-ost. Albert H.. «r. 
Gates, Theodore B.. 93. 
*Gnint, .Tohn V., !I3. 



Gregory, Francis F. 
■^^Gwillim, Reese B . .5(>.- 
Gillmore. tl A.. '.17. 
Ilammell. Chas. F.. 103. 
Hands, .lames. 1113 
Hanlev. .lames K. 
"■^Hare'.Ianies, KM). 
Hartoush, Walter B., 101. 
Hartlield. .lesse K. 
Hemphill. .Tolin. 
"•'llendricksou, E., Kt"). 
"^Horton. Wm. H.. 101. 
Hotchkiss, K. <)., lo:',. 
"^Howatt. .T. P.. 10."). 
-"■Hovt. W. B. 
Hiiblis, Franklin, 104. 
Hntchins, Dr. Ale.x. 
.Jacdiis. .Vndrcw. 107. 
"Mohnson. .lohn II.. ."i'.i. 
*.lohnsou. Ebeii li.. 107. 
.iones. William A.. 10s. 
■*Kearsim;. Edwin. 
*I\eith, .Inst in. 
*K:eaney. ('. T. 
-*Kerr. W n. II.. 111. 
*Kevmer, (ieorge, 112. 
*Kn'i^'ht. Henry W.. 111. 
Kinsley. B. Frank, 113. 
Knapp. .Idsepli F.. 114. 
"■■'Lindsley, Alliert B., 11.5. 
Lmnekin, T. .T.. 116. 
"Li|i|)itt, Auiinstus. lis, 
*LiviugsIon Mtirlimer. ll."i 
Lowe. .John. 118. 
■■■Lndlum. Win L . 110. 
Lindsay. \V. ,M 
Mackel'lar, R. F. . 121 
"*Marvin. O. \V. 
"■'May. Lockwood R.. 120. 
"*.\IcGormi(^k. B. .\. 121 
■■^.McDonald. Willis. .57. 
"*\I(dvelvey. Wm .1.. 5s 
McMurray. A. K. 
*.\Iiller, Wm H. 
*Millcr. .l.>hn. 
*Miller. Frank E.. 120. 
"^Mills. .less,; W. 
■'■'"Murphy, .Tohn. 
MuriJliv, Thomas. 125. 
Murphy, Dayiil W. 
*Murr."iy, .lohn E . 123. 
.Mvcrs. Hiram, 122 
Middlebrook. F. S , 125. 
JIurray, Tlinmas, 125. 
Miller; W. II. 
MclCelvey, David i; 
Morehouse. Alfreil. 
Melville, Geiu-ge W., l'2(i. 
*Nevycoml). .To^in P , 131. 
Newell, Herbert ('.. 131 
Tsewkirk. C. B. 

"•'' (.'barter Menibeis. 



*Orr, .lames C, 1:12. 
Osborne. William, 13,3. 
Peavey. (ieorge G.. 134. 
"'^Phipps, Thomas F.. 138. 
*Pitcher, David A . lil. 
Powles, .Tacob. 13s. 
Pratt, Henry, 134. 
Price, George A.. .54. 
Pringle, .Tas. B., 135. 
^Raymond, Geo. W. , 141. 
*Reid, William, 140. 
lldberts. Edward, 142. 
"Minwley, A. Stewart, 13i). 
*Ruth, "D. L., 140. 
Rutzler, E.. 141. 
Rowse, Albert. 
•*Sainmis, Nelson, 143. 
*Sanford, ('has. W. 
■^.■^ands, .Toseph, 14'.i. 
Schullz, Herman ('.. 145. 
*Sh(^phard. Samuel. 
*Slaght, .Tas. ('., 140. 
'Smith. David. 
Souville, Lloyd A., 148, 
*S4Uires, George B., (JO. 
*Staples, Daniel L., 50. 
"«"Stoothoff. .John H. 
■"Studley, John H.. 141. 
*Swift, Thomas. 
Smith, Frank K.. 147. 
Story, James H. 
Tail", George F . 1.50. 
Tanner, James, 1,52. 
Tebbetts, Noah. 140. 
Terhune. Jas. J. 
To]iham. Thomas W., 55. 
Towue, Nathan P 
Ty.son, Henry. 
Tyson, Wm.H. H. 
Vail. E. B.. 154. 
■Van Dwzer, Daniel T, 
Van Maler, Geo. W.. 02. 
Walker. Matt. H. 
* Walker. Charles H.. 1.55. 
■'Wall. John P. 
Walton, Chas. W.. 150. 
*\V^itson, Wm. L. 
■-Webb, James W., 150. 
*Whitson, (Tcorge. 
Wilcos, E. A. 
Williamson. P. S., 100. 
"■"Winters, Matt. T. 
*Wmtress. D. H., 1.57. 
•* Wight. James A., 157. 
Wright, Chas. F.. 1.58. 
Waterbury, Zena C. 
*Yates. John. 101. 
Young. Win. L . 101. 
Zimmerman B 



LIST OF PORTRAITS. 



Oeu. U. S. (iuANT opposite piige V.\ 

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Ifdiiin ill the lIciusL- of .losici'ii F. Knapi> opposite page :!1 

.losici'u I"'. Knait, Khi} opposite page S:! 

(irmij) N^d. /, (t nil r<l of Jloiior, Mount Mrilri'ijor th'tnil (oppositi 

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Corainniuler II. M. (;Ai,vi;ur. 
\V. C. Hoivni, Ani)iii;w .Ia( oils, 'riios. F, PutPi-s. 

llltNllY ('AMI', T .1. I.INNI.KIN. A, S. UoVVr.ICY, 

VVm. l\)\VAN, VVM. OSIIOIINK, W.M. lUClD, 

8. II. Fhankkniikuo. Oico. A. I'liicic, Nki.son Sammth. 

Uroiij) \o. .', <i iiuril iij' llouor, Ciixkil lininrx {^iipjKi.tilt innjn J/i!.) 
Senior Vicet'omiiiiunler .1 II .loUNsON. 

W. 11, Uaukku. K. a nwii.M.M. W. .I. McKki.vky. 

(1. \V. IJiusii, M 1) , .1, IV lIowATT, l{ !•' Mackki.i.au, 

(J. .1. Coi.i.iNM, II, W. Knkiut, (i. H Squiuks, 

n. U. CoKwiN, VV McDonald. Noau Tuuuui'ts. 

Group Xo. -J, (.• iitiiil ')/' Honor, M<ij. (ifo. /•! 7'ii/l\i Dihiil (^ijipoaitt 

piiiji: I 'id.) 

I'lisi C'oiimiiuiilei- Okoiiqe V. 'I'ait. 

\Vm. C. UooTii, CiiAB. Edmondson, \Vm. liiciu, 

John T, Cuiitin. .\i,hkut II. Fiiosr, Lbovn A. Souvillk, 

VVm. I'owAN, \V. II. lIuiiiiiN, l{. S Williamson, 

W. E. ('AIISIIAW. .JAMia 11 ANUS. \Vm. Ij. Youno. 

iiroiip Xo. 'f. (liiiiril of lloiiio\ I'ltfliir^.t Jhiiiil (opposite puiji: "jJ.) 

David A. I'ricuKit. 

.1. A. MuoNsoN. AiMuisriis Lii-priT, .Ia.mics B. Pkinolu:, 

('HAS lOnMONOsoN. lliiiAM MY15KS. Oko. \V. Van Matku, 

I'. lll'.NOKK'KSON. .lollN I'. Nl'.Wl'OMIl. .IaMHsW. W'Kllli. 

(ii';«>. RnYMi'ii. (.iKo. (i. I'i:avky, Cuaui.ks \V. Walton. 

a roup Xo. .), Coniriiih .t of tin Xlnt/i .Iruij/ (^or/).i (opponif' 
pit I/,- 1,'IJ,.) 

Cliplaill llKMiV I'liAlT. 

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.liiiiittr Vii'eComiimmler Alkuki> (.'uanston oiiposile pase r>;j 

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I'lisi Ciiniiiiiiiiili'i' (iKomiK H. SijiiuKs upposilc page (iO 

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Coloiiil 11 U. Ui'MX-iiKU ojiposito page (>!) 

Oi'.OKiii: W. IJitisu. M. D opposite page T.'i 

(iciicnil ('. 'I'. CiiiiisiUNSKN opposile page 7!) 

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(ieiieial l^. A. Ciii.i.MOUio opposile page SK 

I'liloiiel \V. A. .lONKS opposile page lOS 

(.'liief Engineer (i. W. Mklvillk. l". S. N opposite page Vi>i 

Colonel .1 AMK.s ('. Si.AOHr opposite page H6 



GKNKRAI. I'LVSSKS SIMPSON (illANT. 



It is one of tlic redoeriiiiii!; i^lorios of stoi-iny t-iiiii's in a nation's 
liistory that tlicy '' sliiiu; witli tlic sncldeii iiiakini^ of splendid 
names." Nations that have no liistory must he sncli as hav(i no pos- 
sessions tiiat otliers can envy them. Ail nations wliose people are 
of tlie virile hi'eeds of men must have histories — and stormy his- 
tories, too -and they must he judp'd as the qnidities of the |)eoplt! 
are shown in those dominant individuals whom the trouhles and 
conHiet lift into eonspicnous positions. \Teasurci| in ihis way, tried 
in the awful events of our war, and the stormy tinir that follow<!(.l 
it, the Aineriean people; must he ail jiid^fd the im|u;i1 inrvrrv i^-reat 
•piality. and tlii; superior in many, of any hrciMl of mm known to 
fame. Nowhere can the cati'i^ory ol thi'^^rcat names of our war 
be sur])assed, and it must Ijr nuucmhered that the heroes of both 
sides are ours (»rant, Sherman, Sheridan, 'rijomas, Meaile, Sed"- 
wick, Lee, "Stonewall" ffackson, Alhei-I Sydney .lolmson, and doe 
.lohnston — are types of men wliieii lor their ijreat i|iialilies any 
nation might he proud to have pi'odueeil, 

<!rantcameof irood lint^at^c. His first Amei-iean aneest.or was 
Matth(!W (ii-ant, who ca.me over in the ship .Mary and .John, and 
land(Ml in I )oreliest(!r, Mass., in ItiliO. He came from !']nj;land, hut 
the family tra<lition is that lu; was a Scotclimigi. Matthew went t. 
( 'onncM-ticut, and there the family remaineil for six i;eiierations, eon- 
trihutiuLt i^ood soldiers to tlie (-(jlonial w;irs, anil lo the W.'u- of 
Iiui(!pendence'. Captain Noah (irant, the (ieneral's ^i-amlfat hei-. 
inarched with the first party that left ( 'onneetieut to avenge the 
slauii'hter at l,exini!;ton. (!ai>tain (irant, settii'd in I'cnnsvl vania 
aftei' the war, and his son .lesse moved to ( )liiii. where he niari'ied 
Miss llantudi Simpson in |.S2I. 

(reneral Iilysscs Sim])son (-irant was horn at Point I'Icasant. ( 'ler 
moiit county, Ohio, on the twenty-seventh of .April, iSi'-J. lie 
entered the Militai'y Academy at West I'oint, .Inly I, |s;{'.». Amouii' 
his classmates wer<! I'^ranklin, Reynolds, Hardee. Itosecrans, N('wton. 
Thonia.s, Doubleciay, (ienerals (i. W. Smith, Itushrod .lolmson, 
Mansfield Lovell. and Loni;'street. 

(irant was i^raduated .lune :!(i. Isl:;. and was .>oon after attai-hed 
to the i''ourth Keiriment of United States Infant iw, as l!i-e\(;t Siu;ond 
Lieutenant. The reu-iment was then stationed at .lelferson hari-acks, 
near St. Louis. 

He served tlirou<;'h the M(!.\ican war, and was twice hrevetcd for 
<4'allant .services and conduct, and was hii;-hly c,om|)limeuted hy his 
coinmandiiii;' oflictu's. For meritorious service's he was rewarded 
by Congress in 1 s,")4 a Brevet Captaincy in tin; n^jridar army. 

li.-il 



14 GKN. U. S. URANT. 

After a short i)eriod of station life at Detroit and Sackett's Har- 
bor, Mich., lie married in 1848, Miss Julia T. Dent, a sistei' of one 
of his West Point classmates. 

Til 18.52 he removed with his rei^iment to Oregon, and on tiie 
thirty-first of Jnly, 1854, he resigned his commission. He took np 
his residence near St. Louis, where he engaged in farming, and at 
the same time set himself up as a real estate agent. He was not 
successful in this, and in is.59 lie was invited hy his fathei-, who was 
then engaged in the business of buying and selling leather, at Galena, 
III., to acce])t a clerk.sliip. His salary was but §40 a month. He 
is described by those who knew liim at this time, as " one who 
appeared always to be thinking of some abstract subject." 

When the first blow was struck I)y the rebels, and the President 
called for 7r),on(i men. Grant said to Elihu Washburne, that "as he 
had been educated at West Point, at Government expens(\ he would 
be glad, though lie iiad resigned, to give his services for what they 
were worth." After ])ersist,ent efforts to obtain an appointment in 
the army. In; was liiially given a clei'kship in tlie office of Governoi' 
Ilichard Salis. 'J'he latter said of him, that "he did not recollect 
, anything in ]iarti('ular of Captain Grant until the insubordination 
of the Twenty-tirst Illinois Regiment was talked of, and commented 
on in his presence, and Captain Grant spoke U]) and asked to be 
appointed drill-master of the regiment.'' 

" I'll make you (Jolonel if you will take the regiment oif my 
hands." said the (ioxenior. The conditions were accepted, and 
Colonel Grant drilled his regiment for four weeks, when hv was 
ordered to the field. He marciied his men 100 miles in six days, and 
then ])iit them on a train for the remainder of the way to Northern 
^Missouri. Several regiments were in that ])art of the State at the 
time, but no generals, and although Grant was the youngest 
colonel, he was re(piested to assume command. On the ninth of 
August, he was commissioned Brigadier General through the efforts 
of Mr. Washburn, and ordered to fronton, in South Missouri, where an 
attatdv was threatened by the forces under .TelT Thompson. He soon 
put the ]ilace in a state of defense, and was then ordered to Jefferson 
(^ity, which was also threatened with an attack. Ivemaiiiing there 
about ten days, he was again ordered to the south part of the State 
and ]uit in command of a district com])osed of Southeast Missouri 
and Southern Illinois, with lieadquarters at (.'airo. On arriving at 
that plac(! he found that the rebels had jiossession of Columbus, 
eighteen miles below, and were coming in large force to occupy 
Paducah. l\_y. He iiiinie<liately loaded severalsteamers with troops, 
aiul arrived there before the rebels could get possession, and thus 
saved the j)lace, which he put in command of (-ieneral Smith, and 
turned his attention to (yolnmbus. Before, however, being ready 
to move on the works at that point the Government called for live 
regiments of his troops, wdiicli left him without sufficient force to 
successfully assail them. About the first of Xovember, lie was 
ordered by I*'reniont to make a demonstration on Belmont. The 



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object was to prevent the rebels from reinfoi'ciui;- Price <ir .Toil'. 
Thoinpson. Grant, however, was not resjxinsible tm- thr attack, 
except as to the time ami m;imicr cit it. In mnl<iiii;' it he (Hiiv 
iibeyed his superior officer. 

In a few ilavs after < ioneral ( iraiit took iHi..,sc.>>ioii of I'aiJucaJi, 
at the nioutli of the Tennessee river; Sc|)temi)er li. lst;i. he occu- 
])ied Smithhuul, at the nii.inth of the ( 'umberlaiid, and liari'isoned 
both ])laces. l>v these timely and jndicion-- movements lie liloek- 
aded those rivers and opened two important bases for future opera- 
tions. 

ni:Ni;v — ooxFt.sox — siiir.oH — \'tci':sBri;(.. 

I'aducali, Ky., at tlie mouth (if the Tennessee, was an impoi'tant 
]X)sition, and Confederate Cieneral Polk was niarchiiii;- on it. (ieii. 
Grant, on his own authority, occupied the place and issued a pro- 
clamation to tlie people, who were snpposeil to be neutral, assurinji 
them that there was no war oi opinion.?. Fremont immediately 
checiked him. (irant streny'thened (_'a"iro, and liail 'iO.Ouo men. 
Lieutenant John A. Rawlins, a yonn^- lawyci- of (ralena. was made 
Adjutant General. 

At Belmont, Mo., ^.'ovember 7, ls(il. he made a denji.>nstration, 
but was nearly cut off by a Confederate force, wliich he defeated 
before escaping- to his ti'an.sports. This was a victory for (^rant, 
since thoug'li coni])elled to I'etire he accomplished the |ini'po,<e of 
his advance. 

In January, b'^ti^. (Tcneral (-irant, with a force ol l,"i,uO(i men, 
aided by Commodore Foote, with his tleet of guidioat.'-, ascended 
the Tennessee river. While Grant landed his troops. Commodore 
Foote compelled the surrender of Fort Henry, (irant mareheii 
overland twelve nnles to the Cumberland river, and on Februai'y 
11, 18G2, invested I'"ort Donelson, then under comm.and of General 
Pillow, though General Floyd soon assumed command. ( >n the 
fourteenth of February (Jommodore F^oote arrived on the Cumber- 
land with his gunboats and 1(t,0(H) reinforcements. The gunboats 
were driven out of the fight, (irant on the land side phiced his 
25,000 men. The Confederates proposed to attack. Generals Pil- 
low and Buckner 0[)ened a way of retreat through the Fedei'al lines. 
but were too stupid to use it. (Trant afterwards ordered an advance 
along- the whole line, and the first day belonged to neither side. In 
the night Floyd and l^illow Hod, and tlie next day Buckner asked 
for an armistice. Grant replied, "No tei-nis other than an uncondi- 
tional and immediate surrender can be accepted. 1 pi-oposeto nmve 
immediately upon your works." F'ort Donelson was won. The 
Federal victory was decisive ; it saved Kentu(_'ky to the Union; it 
advanced the Federal forces two hundred miles ; it jireveiited Gen. 
Albert Sidney Johnston from overwlielming Buell and taking Cin- 
cinnati. The forces and losses on lioth sides were about equal. 
Coming after Bull Run, the victory electrified the country, and 
caused Grant's words to Buckner to become po|iidar phrases. Wash- 



16 GEN. V. S. (JKANT. 

hurne began to say that Grant did not want to be President. Con- 
gress, however, made Grant a Major-General. 

(teiieral ITalleck, commanding in the West, restrained Grant's 
movements, but the hitter assumed responsibility. But Ilalieck put 
Genei-al (\ F. Smitii in command of tlie next expedition to join 
(general liueii, and (irant was restricted to the command of Fort 
Henry. (Jeneral Smitli becoming sick, General Grant was com- 
))elled to take coinniand. General Smith had selected Pittsburg 
Landing for a position, and General Grant took it. Sherman says 
it was well chosen. The 40,000 Federal troops lay for three weeks 
at Pittsl)Ui'g Landing; and were lax in their vigilance, for on Sun- 
day, A})ril •!, ISiy. .lolmston's Confederate forces, 43,000 strong, 
suddenly surprised and well-nigh overwhelmed them. Grant and 
Sherm;in reformed the lines, but at the close of the afteiMKjon the 
Federal troops would have been driven into the Tennessee but for 
Webster's park of artillery. Then Buell's Federal army arrived 
upon the .scene, and the first day Avas over. The next day Buell's 
forces made the Federal force 50,000 sti'ong against the Confederate 
30,00(1, and secured the victory of Shiloh. Grant gave the praise 
to Slierman. The Confederates were not pui'sued. 

General (xrant commenced the siege of Vicksburg in October, 
1862. This was according to a plan of General McClernand, of Illi- 
nois; but the conception of victory was Grant's. He shut up 30,000 
Confederates in Vicksburg and besieged the city. On the following 
fourth of July, ISfio, the city surrendered, with 27,000 men. Con- 
gress thereupon made Grant a Major-General in the regular army. 
Grant should iiave the whole ])raise for his victory at Vicksburg, for 
McClernand never substantiated his claim to "supplying Grant with 
brains." Grant simply held his position with patience and firmness, 
starved the Confederates into surrender and prevented relief. 

The following personal sketch made during the Vicksburg siege 
gives a happy picture of the num : "Almostatany time one can see 
a small but comjiactly built man, of about forty-five years of age, 
walking thi'ough the camps. He moves with his shoulders thrown 
a little forward of the perpendicular, his left hand in the pocket of 
his pantaloons, his eyes thrown straight forward, which, from the 
haze of nbstraction that veils them, and a countenance drawn into 
furrows of thought, would seem to indicate that he is intensely pre- 
occuj)ied. Tile .soldiei's observe lum coming, and, rising to their feet, 
gather on each sid(? of the way to see him pass. They do not salute 
him ; they only watch him curiously, with a certain sort of familiar 
reverence. His abstract aii' is not so great, while he thus moves 
along, as to pii'vent his seeing everything without apparently look- 
ing at it ; you will see this in the fact that, iiowever dense the crowd 
in which you staM<l. if you are an acquaintance, his eye will for an 
instant rest on yours with a glance of recollection, and with it a 
grave nod of recognition. A plain blue suit, without scarf, sword 
or trappings of any sort, save the double-staiTed shoidder-strap, an 
indifferently good ' Kossuth ' hat, with the top battered in close to 



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liift liead ; full benrd, of a cross between 'light' and 'sandy;' a 
sqnarecnt face, whose lines and contour indicate extreme endurance 
and determination, complete the external appearance of this many as 
one sees liini passing along. His countenance, in rest, has the ri^id 
immobility of cast iron, and while this indicates the unyieldiiiij 
tenacity of a bulldog, one finds only in his grey eyes the sniiles and 
other evidences of the possession of those softer traits seen upon 
the lips and over the entire faces of ordinary people. On horseback 
he loses all the awkwardness which distinguishes him as he moves 
about on foot. Erect and graceful, he seems a portion of his steed, 
without which the full effect would be incomjilete. He held in 
early days the reputation of being the best rider in the Academy, 
and lie seems to have lost none of his excellence in this respect.'' 

i'Ko:motion. 

The Secretary of War inunediately placed Major-General Grancin 
command of the armies of the Mississippi, including the depart- 
ments of Sherman, Thomas, Burnside and Hooker. His po]nilarit3' 
thi-oughout the country was something unrivalled. The ])oliticians 
at Washingttin began to regulate tliemselves according tohiu). Hal- 
leck, his old enemy, sought the po])ular side and gave him praise. 
The politicians hastened to him and asked his opinions on the politics 
of the country, and he i'e|)lied : "I can't talk about politics, but if 
there is any subject I can talk about it is tanning leather." At this 
time Confederate General Bragg was besieging Thomas at Chatta- 
nooga. General Grant directed all the movements which culminated 
in the relief of Thomas, and which are known for their result by the 
battle of Lookout Mountain, November 2-i and 25, 1SG3. General 
Grant had 70,000 men, and Bragg, after Loiigstreet's withdrawal, 
had iO.OOo, but the \-ictory was comj)lete. 

UATTLKS FOUCfH'J'. 

Down to this time Grant hail fought for his country iu twenty- 
seven battles, the names and dates of which are as follows: 

Palo Alto, May 8, lS4(i. 

Resaca de la Palma, May tt, JM-itJ. 

Monterey, September lit, 20 and -Jl, 1S4(:. 

Vera Cruz, siege, March 7 to 27, 1^47. 

Cerro Gordo, April IS, 1S47. 

San Antonio, August 20, 1S47. 

Cherubusco, August 20, 1S47. 

Molino del Rey, September S. 1847. 

Chapulteiiec, September 13, 1847. 

(_/ity of Mexico, September 14, 1847. 

Belmont, ISovember 3, 1861. 

Fort Henry, February <1, lStJ2. 

Fort Donelson, Februarv 13,14, 15 and 16, 1862. 



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Shiloh," April 6 and 7, 1862. 

Corinth, sieo^e. April 22 to May ;iu, 1 S&2. 

Inka, September 19. 1S(;2. 

ILitcliie, October 5, lSf;2. 

Corinth, October 'A and 4, 1862. 

Talhdiatchie, D(ccmb('r 1. I^6l'. 

Fort (iilison, Mav I, lS6;i 

Rayniond, May 12, 1863. 

.laekson, May 14, 186;:!. 

Champion itills, May Itl, ISti:!. 

lUack River I'.ridijo,' May 7, ISCS. 

Vi(-ksbnri;-..]iily 4, IS(«. 

Cliattanoo»-a, .Xovenilier 2.".. 24, 2.^) and 26, b"Sti3. 

'i'hese names and dates are enj^i-aved npon a swoi'd presented to 
him l)y some citizens of Illinois. 

The conte.st in Virginia had from the beginning of the war 
brought general failure to the Federal troo]is, and now that (Jeneral 
(ii'ant was so popular the Government decided to give him command 
of tiie troops marching from Washington. Mr. WasidmiMie at tiiat 
time pressed forwai'd a measure for reviving the grade of Lieutenant 
General of the Armies, recommending General (-irant for tiie posi- 
tion. The measure was carried. The President sent the commission 
to General (4rant. This was in March, 18*14. Before leaving the 
West General Grant wrote a letter in which he said he was indebted 
for his success to Sherman and .McJ^heison. Sherman, rejilying to 
Grant, said : " My only doubt was in your knowledge of grand 
strategy and of books of science and history'; but I confess your 
common sense seems to have supi)li(!d these." 

On tlie eigiith of March, 1864, Gen. Grant reached Washington. 
lie assumed conuTiand of the armies of the United States. Immedi- 
ately lie i)egan to disregard, as far as he possibly could, the feeble mili- 
tary pretentions of the War Department. Lee had beaten McClellan. 
Hookei'and Ilurnside, and batHed ]\[eade ; but Genei'al ( Jrant retained 
General iMeade at the head of the Army of the Potomac, giving 
General Sherman (Command in the West. On May 3 Grant began 
his campaign, directing Meade always to follow Lee, and telling 
Sherman in the West to go down to Atlanta. The popular trust in 
him was not universal, l)ut there were great hopes of him. He 
decided, as he had always done, to bring the greatest strength against 
the greatest weakness. On the fifth of May ( J rant's first great battle 
in the East, that of the Wilderness, began, lie gave genei'al direc- 
tions and left the execution of details to his subordinates. The glo- 
ries and mistakes in Virginia belong as much to (lencral Meade as 
those of Georgia belong to General ShernKin. There were really 
but two ('onfederate armies, one in Geoi'gia, driven by Sherman, 
and one in Virginia, confronted by Meade — both weak and deci- 
mated. Grant directed the two soldiei's to do what they saw prac- 
ticable in driving the two Confederate armies together and defeating 



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them botli at once. It imist bu said, however, tliat as lii.s headquar- 
ters were with General Meade, that sohlier sekloin moved witiiout 
the voice of his superior. Grant had 140,000 men ; Lee had 60,000. 
Grant determined to march through the Wilderness. His idea 
always had been that the Southerners fought desperately at the begin- 
ning of a battle, and that when their tirst ins])iratii)n was over they 
were whijiped. In the three days" struggle of the AVildcrness Grant 
ordered nothing more than '"the fight along the whole line" and tlu; 
march, and when three days had passed away, giving 15.0()0 Federal 
loss to 10,0U0 Confederate loss, Grant knew he cnnld stand it better 
than Lee could. Grant's loss was probably nearer 20,000 than 15,000, 
and he had cut away from his base of opcratirm-;, but though Lee 
was defiant and aggressive he was lieaten. 

Grant now turned toward Sj)ottsylvania, where a iiattle was fought, 
i»ut Lee held his position. The Federal losses were lieavy, but 
Grant, firm in his purpose, telegraphed to Washington, '• I propose? 
to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer."' At Cold Harbor 
another desperate battle was fought and (rrant turned south and 
crossed the James river. 

Grant indicated his (piality in these operations and his style of 
fighting. Having the strategical disadvantages of a constantly 
lengthening line of operations, through an impoverislied and to])<>- 
graphically difficult country, with the flanks of liis line of com- 
munications e.Nposed and the tactical one of either assailing posi- 
tions selected and carefully ])repared for resistance, or else e.xjiosing 
himself to the risks of flank movements within short striking dis- 
tance of the enemy, the manner in which he played this game put 
the seal to liis high capacity as a general. Handling successfully an 
army of at least one hundred and fifty thousand men, in a broken 
country, and in contact with the enemy, is of itself no small feat of 
generalship. General Grant not only did this, but abandoning one 
base and taking up a new one in succession, from the Rapidan to 
Port Royal, from this to the White House, and now from the AVhite 
House to the James, he swung his army around from the Wilder- 
ness to Spottsylvania Court House, from there to the North Anna, 
from this stream to the f'hickahominy and from the Chickahominy 
to the south side of the James, with an order and celerity seldom, 
if ever, ecpialled ; forcing his opponent to rapid reti'ograde move- 
ments from strong intrenched positions, where in each he was held 
only so long as was neces.sary to have everything in readiness for the 
next onward step. The jieculiar tactics of the rebels were only par- 
tially successful at the outset. In every succeeding battle their 
favorite manunivre was met by a counter one and foiled. General 
Lee, in the peculiar style of his des]iatches, only thanks God that 
the enemy has been repulsed. General (-rrant, by moving over the 
line from the Rapidan to the Chickahominy, was able effectually to 
destroy the railroad from Richmond to Washington, and by remov- 
ing Lee from the very doors of Washington, wiiere he had so long 
lain, to the defense of Richmond, placed the Army i>f the Potomac 



20 i;KN. 1. S. liKA.VT. 

in its true strategical position south of the .Tames, tliroatenina^ the 
separation of Lee's and Johnston's armies. 

Petersburg was now besieged, June 14-, 1864. (-Jeneral Grant 
determined here to take charge of details in person. Thus far he 
had 'advanced only at terrible cost. The Army of the Potomac, 
under Grant's command, lost during that campaign of IS<')4 in killed, 
wounded and missing an aggregate of 100,0(10 men. The net loss 
was at least 70,000.' That of the Confederates was 40,000. But 
Grant had reached his position, which was all he wanted. His 
whole campaign, from the crossing of the Rapidan, on the third of 
May, lS<i4, until the battle of the thirtieth of July, was a series of 
desperate fights but not of i-everses. His disposition of Sheridan 
to defend Washington by preventing any demonstration on the west. 
and to drive the Confederates from the Shenandoah Valley was suc- 
cessful, but the efforts of Sigel and Butler were unavailing. Grant 
was sometimes compelled to deviate from his course, but never to 
retreat. He was to Lee like a man following a fence until he could 
find an entrance to the enclosure at TiichuK^nd. Lee beat him away 
from an approach b}' the way of east to west, and he at once deter- 
mined to begin a new campaign from south to north. Even in this 
he was unsuccessful, because of that disaster at Petersburg. Aban- 
doning his original plan of forcing Lee upon Johnston, between 
Meade and Sherman, hefoimd that he must beat Lee, and that Sher- 
man must beat Johnston, separately. He knew that the base of 
operations of both the Confederate generals was in North and South 
Carolina, and that as they could not cut through nor go to the west, 
they must inevitably be weakened and starved into surrender. 
Lideed, he had begun the campaign with the idea of Federal strength 
and of Confederate weakness. If he could engage eacdi of the 
Southern armies he knew from their numerical inferiority that they 
could be beaten in detail. He expressed his idea tiius: "To ham- 
mer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his 
resources, until, by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should 
be nothing left to him but submission." Speaking of one battle, in 
his march from the Rapidan to the James, he says: "It was the 
only general attack which did not inflict upon the enemy losses to 
compensate for our own losses." Losses, he insisted, were the defeat 
of the Confederates. To weaken his enemy with battle after battle, 
b}' a plan of compensation for losses, or, rather, to give one for 
one, and never then have one left to tell the stor}' of victory. The 
Confederates acknowledged that he was " always advancing when 
he was whipped." 

During the winter of 1864-05 General Grant remained in camp 
watching Lee, merely to prevent his joining Johnston and precipi- 
tating the two Confederate armies upon Sherman. Lee at this time 
had 50,000 effective troops, and he determined to fight Grant early 
in the spring of 1865. before all the victorious Federal armies could 
concentrate upon Richmond. He wished to cut through and join 
Johnston, in North Carolina. Grant's strategy was that of preven- 



(iK\. |-. s. (ih'ANr. '2\ 

tion. He also aided Slierinan by sendino- out troops to menace 
Johnston. His purpose in this opening spring- of ls(>5 was to 
engage all the Confederate troo]is at onee and prevent them from 
making any eomliinations. He directed Sheridan to move upon the 
enemy, cutting off his retreat, wiiile Meade advanced, and if possible 
might drive Lee into the open field. Tlie liattle of Five Forks was 
to begin on the 31st of March. 1S<)5. It was the most tactical and 
brilliant battle of the Yirginia campaign. The victory was wholly 
on the side of Sheridan, that is, of (Trant. Richmond was evacu- 
ated. Lee, with his army reduced to 20,000 men, sought a retreat 
towards Johnston. His troops were starving. Sheridan was after 
him with 1S,000 men, and Meade was approaching. Lee's retreat 
was cut off, and on the ninth of April, lS6."i, he surrendei'ed, and 
the war was practically over. The terms of suri-ender proposed by 
General Grant were popularly considered to be magnanimous, even 
the Southern journals applauding them. 

When the sui-render was made General Lee ]ii-esented his sword 
— magnificent blade, which had been presented to him by a number 
of his rebel admirers, and was manufactured in Englaml. General 
Lee tendered it to General (-^rant, but as he did so a s]iasm seemed 
to shoot across his fine face, but he i-ecovered liimself atid delivered 
it with a graceful smile. 

General Grant received it. examined it curiously, read the names 
of the battles engraved njion the mau'niticently wrought scabbard, 
and then the generous, magnanimous hero returned it to Lee, say- 
ing : 

" General, it cannot be worn by a braver mati !'" 

The ceremony of surrender was witnessed by a large number of 
staff "officers, and was indeed, very solemn and affecting. The soldiers 
of both sides then mixed indiscriminately together, our boys sharing 
their i-ations generously with their late enemies. 

Fi'equent allusion has been made liy different writers to the terms 
of surrender granted by General Grant to the Confederate army, 
and the following remarks of General B. F. Cheatham, the first Con- 
federate General who crossed swords with Grant at the iiattlo of 
Belmont, will be read with interest. General Cheatham presided at 
a Grant memorial meeting held in Nashville, Tenn., soon after the 
death of General Grant. On taking the chair, he said. 

" 1 am here to-night as chairman, a willing sacrifice. It is a new 
. thing to me. It so happened that I had a sliort personal acquaint- 
ance with the deceased ; it was short, but I must say that I was 
very much impressed with him in an accpiaintance of two months 
under ])ecnliar circumstances. The man's history has now gone out 
over the world. I was on the other side, and I reckon every Con- 
federate soldier living to-day that read the terms of the surrender 
granted to Lee at A]ipomat"tox will say to-day that they love him for 
those terms. (Applause.) It was a long four years' war. and I 
reckon any man in it on eitlier side was glad when it ended. Those 



22 GEN. I". S. fiUANT. 

terms were such as I never lieard before in history. He told the 
boys to take their horses and side arms and go liome. I took three 
home myself, and but for those liorses I doubt if tiie boys would 
have made anything to live on the next year. I wisli I was a 
speaker that 1 coukrsay more. I cannot speak ; the more I try the 
more I fail in if ; Imt T have said a good deal in saying little." 
(Applause.) 

It may not i)e itiap]iropriate in this connection to give the follow- 
ing incident related by an eye-witness, showing tlie devotion of the 
Confederate soldiers to tlieir fallen chieftain : 

•• I never will forget the scene which J witnessed after Lee sur- 
I'endered to (Trant at Appomatto.x," said Major Quincy, the ex- 
(Jonfederate. " That moi-ning Lee sent word that we were to retire 
from the road to the Appomattox (Jourt House, and leave it clear. 
None of us knew what the order meant, liut even if we had known 
it would have been cheerfully obeyed. The troops withdrew 
among the timber to the right and left of the highway, where our 
commissary stores had been packed on the previous night. In a 
little while Lee rode by to the rear accom]5anied alone by Colonel 
Marshall, his aide. It was with the greatest difficulty that the 
men were kept from rushing out and surrounding the General. 
so much was he loved. Later on we heard the sound of return- 
ing hoofs. We crept forward to the edge of the road, and saw- 
Lee returning. His face was very sad. When he was opposite 
to us the soldiers could nu longer restrain themselves, and they 
nished out in a wild mob around his old iron-gray horse, shout- 
ing ' Lee I Lee! Lee I ' All disci]iline was thi'own to the winds, 
and the men seemed to feel that the end was near, for I never 
saw such a loyal an<l yet disorderly rush. Lee was calm, and 
seemed to be profoundly moved. When he dismounted he made 
a motion for silence, and a ring was formed around him. Then 
he stretched out his hand to us and said : — 

" ' Gentlemen, I have done the best I could for yon. To-day 1 
have surrendered the Arm}' of Xnrthern Virginia. Boys, go home. 
God bless you I' 

" I saw strong men throw themselves upon the ground at his feet 
and weep like women. The shouts and cries of my comrades were 
heart-stirring. Lee looked upon the scene for a moment, sighed, 
and turned away. It was all over." 

It has been held that Grant's success was du8 only to the "attri- 
tion " of armies — was mere military arithmetic. This does in justice 
to the great thought on which he waged the war when he had 
supreme control of all the armies east and west. At an early 
period of the rebellion General Grant had divined the secret of 
Southern strength and Northern weakness. The Federals were 
three to one, at least, in numbers, and immeasurably superior in 
material resources, and yet the Confederates maintained their 



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Ljrouiid and defeiidud tlieii- territories against ail attaciis. Tills 
iield Grant, was lieoanse tlie strenotli of tiie North was never 
exerted on a "ood svsteui or with sufficient resolution. The South- 
ern generals held a position like the outline of a fan, extendinir from 
east to west, and covering the country behind them. Bv means of 
the railroads intersecting the interior they could hriiig up their 
forces to any point of the circumference, and so long as it was neces- 
sary for them to bo strong at otu' point only they could alwavs con- 
trive to be strongei' at that point than their adversaries. Tlie first 
and most indispensable step, therefore, was to dejii-ive tiiem of this 
favorable condition by attacking at a variety of points at once, so 
as to retain every Southern army in its own position and jjrevent 
it from reinforcing another. Hitherto the two main armies of the 
Federals — one in Tennessee and the other in Virginia — had been 
acting, as the General expressed it. •• like a balky team." When one 
was pulling, the other was backing, and mi the able generals of the 
Confederacy could shift or concentrate or ivlieve their forces in 
such a way as either to economize their strength or enijiloy it to the 
greatest advantage. If Lee was hard pressed he could be rein- 
forceil by Beauregard ; if Johnston was in difficulty lie could be 
sn]i]iorted from Richmond or Petersburg. Attacked on both sides 
at once, and these tactics woidd be imjiracticable. liut, besides all 
this, General Grant took a harder and more terrible view of affairs. 
Man for man the Southerners were the best troops, partly, perhaps, 
from natural aptitudes, but maiidy, no doubt, from the great mili- 
tary ability of their commanders. If every l)attlecost the South a 
certain proportion of men a given number of battles must destroy 
the Southern jiower, even if no battle was a decisixc victory. So 
(-i-rant determined not oidy to light, but to tight on. without stin* 
oi' stay, come what might. Ilai-il knocks ami incessant blows con- 
stituted his strategy and tactics. If he were to fare as McClellan 
and Hooker had fared, he would not do as McClellan and Hooker 
had done. He opened the new campaign resolved to goon lighting 
whether he won or lost, and, as he hiitiself says, •■ to hammer con- 
tinuously against the armed force of the enemy and liis resources 
until by mere attrition, if in no other way. there should be nothing 
left to him but submission.'' How much these tactics cost the 
North, we need imt say. " Whethei- my views," suys he, " might 
have been better in conception and execution it is for the people 
who mourn the loss of friends fallen and who have to pay tlie pecu- 
niary cost to say. All I can say is what I have done has been done 
to the best of my ability, and in what 1 conceived to be the best 
interests of the country." 

As far as plans can be justitied by events, that justification belongs 
certainly to Grant. His system was successful where every otliei- 
system had failed. His campaign brought the war to an end, 
whereas every former campaign had left the contest prett}' nearly 
as it stood before. It must Ije understood, too, that wherever mili- 



24 GEN. L'. S. GKANT. 

tary science appears more conspienous than brnte force, tliat merit 
is Grant's also. The sciieme of Sherman's campaign was dictated 
by Grant, as were otiiei's less important and less fortunate. The 
grand principle of tJie whole system was co-operation. 

During the remainder of the year 18G5, after the capture of 
Richmond, General Grant, though maintaining his headquarters at 
Washington, made many tours throughout the country, beingevery- 
where received with great enthusiasm. On the twenty -fifth of July. 
18(30, he was commissioned (-Jenei-al of the United !States Army, the 
position having been created by Congress especially for him. That 
year he visiteil tlie Stnith and made a I'ejjort to Congress that the 
citizens were peaceable and an.xious for self-government. On August 
12, 1S07, President Johnson suspended Secretary Stanton from 
office, and appointed General Grant Secretary of War ad interim, 
a. position which he held until January li, 1808, when the Senate 
having refused to sanction the appointment, Secretary Stanton was 
reinstated. 

The Democrats were already beginning to speak of General 
Grant as a candidate for the Presidency. A convention of sol- 
diers and .sailors May 19, 1808, nominated him. May 21, that year, 
the Republican Convention at Chicago nominated him for the 
Presidency on a ticket with Schuyler Colfax for Vice-President. 
Their Democi-atic op]ionents were Seymour and Blair. Of the 29-t 
electoral votes cast Grant received 214 and Seymour 80. Pie was 
inaugurated on March 4, 1801*. 

After completing his term of four years, he was re-elected, his 
opponent being Horace Greeley. General Grant received 280 
electoi'al votes against 80 for Mr. Greeley. 

On retiring from tlie White House,- at the close of his second 
term, General Grant made an extended tour abroad, and was every- 
where received with the most distinguislied honors ever accorded tn 
any American citizen. 

An attempt was made in 1880 by his friends to nominate him for 
the Presidency for a third term. This resulted in failure, and in 
the final nomination of General Garfield. 

From this time on (icneral Grant devoted himself to the furtherance 
of tlie jiecuniai'v interests of himself and sons, and was induced to 
l)ecoine a general partner in the tirm of Grant A: Ward. The ter- 
rible financial disastei' that overtook the firm, resulting in total 
bankruptcy, left for a time the fair name of General Grant undei' 
a cloud, but as the facts became known, and the rascalities of his 
|)artner was exposed, the escutcheon of General Grant shone with 
brighter lustre than ever. It necessitated the bankruptcj' of the 
gallant ciiieftain in May, 1884. It led up to an offer of a ]3ension 
trom the Congress of the nation, which he was compelled to decline. 
It led \\\> to all the intricate story of the financial marvels of the 
tii'in with which he was connected, to the great generosity of Wil- 
liam 11. Vanderbilt, and to the transfer by General Grant and his 
wife to Mr. Vanderbilt, and by Mr. Vanderbilt to the nation, of the 



frKX. I'. S. ftRANT. 2o 

most mafrnifiocnt, most stnpendonis, most costly collections of tro- 
phies, testimonials ami articles of vcrtii known to the world in 
ancient or modern times. 

General Grant was an inveterate snmker, and liis over-inilnl<i-ence 
in this habit was the ranse of a throat disease, which finally culmi- 
nated in his death. For many weeks he .■<nft'ere<l the most int(>ns(> 
pain, hnt he Ixire np under it with remarkalile foi'titude and hero- 
ism. A ehanj;-e for the better took jilace in ^Fay, but it was not of 
lotiw duration, and in June he was induced to acccjit the invitation 
of Mr. Dre.xel to oecn]iy his cotta^'e at JConnt ^[c(irei;-(')r. Here 
his life el)be(l slowly away, Imt durino; the intervals of sufferino- lie 
worked assiduously to complete his '• Memoirs" which he liad com- 
menced some months jirevious. In this he succeeded, and left a 
legacy to his family which will save them from future want. Dnriiiy 
his lonj;- illness he exhibited some of the noblest traits of character 
ever comhiiied in any one individual, whicdi even his enemies were 
compelled to aekuo\vli'd:ic. The i>'reatest of all these was his mai!;-- 
nanimity to the South. Ahnost his last woi'ds, '• I^ct iix /m/'r pedce,^" 
will remain indelibly li.Ked iu the hearts of his countrymen, while 
the nation continues to exist. 

General Gi'ant bi'e.ithed iiis last on the moniiiiij of the twentv- 
second of July, 1.S85, and within a few hours the sad news was con- 
veyed to every pai-t of the world, and North and South, the " blue 
and the gray,'' mourned the loss of the gi-eat chieftain. 

Oilers of a burial place were made hy the citizens of his native 
State, and it was strongly urged by others that the National (ceme- 
tery at Washington was the'most fitting |ilace for the hei'o to ri>st ; 
liiif the offer by th(.' autlmrities nf New Yoi-k city for a bui-ial place 
at Riverside, on the hanks of the Hudson, coupled with the con- 
dition tliat his wife might rest beside him, induced the family to 
aecejjt the latter offer. 

A delegation fi-oni U. S. Grant, Post o^T, G. A. li., took chai-ge 
of the remains at Mount j\Ic(ireg(ir. and "kept the vigil"' during 
the long days and nights in whicli the body lay in state at Albany, 
and at the City Hall, New York, never leaving it for a monient 
nntil it was deposited in the leceiving vault at Eivcrsidt', on Satur- 
day afternoon, the eighth of Augu.-t, 1.^8"). 



2C< OEGANIZATION OF I'OS'I' AND KT.KCTIOX OF OFFICERS. 

ORGANIZATION OF POST AND ANNUAL ELECTION 

OF OFFICERS. 

Provisional Post No. 327 (7. A. R. was oriiuiiized on the tliirtieth 
of January, 1S83. The first ineetinof was held at Everett Hall, No. 
398 Fulton street, Brooklyn, Commander Cowtan, of Winchester 
Post No. 197, acting as presiding officei-. The following named 
persons were admitted bv transfer from other Posts: George P. 
Squires. E. R. Johnson, W. V. II. Cortelyou, W. E. Carshaw, A. 
H. Frost, W. W. Brodie, W. C. Bootli, J. H. Stoothoff, C. A. Biir- 
lingame, W. T. Crouch, J. Ahlstrom, D. L. Staples, D. A. Pitcher, 
J. C. Ho watt, J. Dal ton. F. E. Miller, G. Keymer, George Ray- 
mond, W. J. McKelvey, N. Sammis, G. W. Van Mater, H. B. 
Beechcr, W. H. II. Tvson, H. W. Knight, J. J. Terhune. T. F. 
Phipps. J. ,T. Curtin, W. B. Ilo.yt, G. F.Tait, W. II. Kerr, E. Kear- 
sing, D. L. Ruth, P. W. Fagan, J. II. Banlcer, S. Shepherd, J. 
Sands. J. H. Studley, ,J. Miller, J. A. Egolf, J. Yates, M. T. Win- 
ters. J. A. Wiiilit, P. S. Clark, W. B. Ilartou-h. C. T. Christensen, 
G. J. Collins,Willis MacDonald, H. D. McGovern. A. Burlette, Wil- 
liam Reid, T. Charters, H. M. Tyson. 

The following persons were mustered in the same evening, con- 
stituting, with the aforenamed, the charter mendjers, viz. : George 
Brown, E. L. Carr, O. W. Marvin, R. B. Gwillim, J. II. Johnson, 
M. Livingston, D. Smith, A. Cranston, G. Whitson, J. Y. Grant, E. 
A. Willcox, J. Hare, F. H. Fletcher, B. R. Corwin, A. Lippitt. W. 
N. Miller, M. H. Walker, E. Hendrickson, J. V. Keith, A. T. Row- 
ley. S. H. Frankenbei'g, M. J. Corhett, W. A. Jones, C. H. AValker. 
M.Demarest, M. J. D^olphin, J. W. Mills, W. L. Ludlam, E. Dvk- 
man, J. W. Webb, S. C. Clobridge. 

The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year; 

Commander — George B. Squires. 
Senior Yice-Commander — G. F. Tait. 
Junior Vice-Commander — J. P. Howatt. 
Quartermaster — E. R. Johnson. 
Officer of tlie Day— W. J. McKelvey. 
Officer of the Guard — W. W. Brodie. 
Chaplain — W, (1 Booth. 
Adjutant — J. H. Stoothoff. 
Sei'geant-Major — -D. L. Staples. 
Quartermaster's Sergeant — J. A. Wight. 

Comnuinder S(piires was duly invested with his insignia of rank 
by Commander ('owtan. and the Post was declared duly organized. 
At this meeting the name decided on was " Post No. 327, of 
Brooklyn." The lioui'S of meeting were to be the second and 
fourth Tuesday evenings of each montli. 



OKGANIZATION <>F l'ci> 1 AMI liLICCTIOX OF OFFICERS. 27 

At a subsequent ineetiui^, lielO February 13, 1SS3, tlie constitu 
tion and by-laws were adopted. 

At tlie second annual meeting of the Post the followiui;- otKcers 
were elected for 1SS4: 

Conunander — George B. StiL'iREs. 

Senior Vice-Commander — J. P. Howatt. 

Junior Vice-Commander — J. H. Johnson. 

Adjutant — John II. Stoothoff. 

Surgeon — T. W. ToPUAjr. 

Chaplain — W. C. Bootu. 

Quartermaster — J. A. Whuit. 

Officer of the Day— W. J. McKelvev. 

Officer of the Guard — W. H. Bkodie. 

Sergeant-Major — D. L. Staples. 

Engineer — G. W. Van Mater. 

Assistant Engineer — W. Van H. Corteltou. 

Commissary — Wm. II-tid. 

Color-Bearer — D. A. PrronER. 

Outside Sentry — J. J. Curtin. 

At a subsecpient meeting of the Post, iield Feliruary 12, 1SS4, 
Commander Squires tendered his resignation, wliich was accepted, 
and Comrade George F. Tait elected in liis ])lace. 

The forty-third regular encampment of the Post was held at the 
Academy of Music. Brooklyn, nn the thirteenth of Januarv, 1885, 
at which time the following officers were duly installed for the 
ensuing year : 

Commander — Henry M. Calvert. 
Senior Vice-Commander — John II. Jon.NisdN. 
Junior Vice-Commander — John II. Stootuoff. 
Chaplain — R. B. Gwillim. 
Sui'geon — T. W. Topiiam. 
Quartermaster — Willis MacDdnald. 
Officer of the Day — William J. MoIvelvey. 
Officer of the Guard — Daniel L. Staples. 
Adjutant — George A. Price. 
Sergeant-Major — George B. Squires. 
Quartermaster's Sergeant — S. H. Frankenberg. 

The instaUation services were conducted by Department Com- 
mander IraM. Hedges. There were present on tliis occasion several 
ilistinguished re|)resontatives of the (t. A. R., among whom were 
Commander-in-L'hief John S. Kountz. I'ast Comnumder-in-Chief 
Beat!), of Pliihidi'l]_ihia ; Past Department Commander Abram iler- 
ritt, of Xew York ; Department Commander of Xew Jersey, Ilenrv 
M. Nevius, and others. Addresses were delivered by('ommander 
Calvert, Commander-in-Chief Kountz, Department Commanders 
Hedges and Xevius, Past Department Commander Burrows, of 



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New Jersey, Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, and others. Excellent 
music was furnished for the occasion, under the direction of Comrade 

Henry Camp, of this Post. _ ,• ,i p . ,..;,u 

At the close of tlie installation services, members ot tlie Fost, \vaii 

about three hundred invited s"t3'^ts, repaired to " headquarters • at 

Everett Ilnll, where they sat down to a most liberal banquet, with a 

menu prepared by Dieter. ti . i i i tvt „ iv) 

At the fiftieth re-ular encampment of the Post, held May 12, 
18S5. Comrade Alfred Cranston was elected Junior Vice-Com- 
man.ier. vice John H. Stoothoff, resigned. 



MEMOKIAL SERVICES 

HELD \T THE rNVEILING OF THE PERRY MONUMENT, JUNE 18, 18S3, 

IN WHICH U. S. GRANT POST 327, PARTICIPATED, INCLUDING 

EVENING EXERCISES HELD AT HANSON PLACE M. E. 

CHURCH, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF 

U. S. GRANT POST 327. 

On the ei^^hteenth of June, 1883. the Post accepted an invitation 
from the Perry Monument Committee to participate in the cere- 
monies of the unveiling of the Perry Mo.mment at Cypress 11.11 
Cemetery. The Fourteenth Regiment N. G. S. N 1 , and repre- 
sentative's of the several G. A. R. Posts of king s County we.-e 
present, and took part in the ceremonies. These were conducted 
n the open air, amid a drizzling rain. An address was delivered 
by Mayor Low, and remarks made by R. W. L'Hommedieu, Com- 
mander of Perry Post, G. A. R.. and others. _ , , , • „ 

In the evening a Memorial and Dedicatory service was held in he 
Hanson Place M. E. Church, under the auspices ot tlie brooUlyii 
Post 327 (now U. S. Grant Post), and presided over by the Comman- 
der of the Post, Cai.tain George V>. Squires. The church was hand- 
somely trimmed with Hags, flowers and streamers, and conspicuously 
behind the platform, on which the chaplain, commandery and pastor 
of the cliurch were seated, were hung the ensign ot the i'orty- 
eh^hth Rciriment, which Colonel Perry commanded, and the tat- 
tered battle-flag of the Fighting Fourteenth. A largo audience 
assembled to do honor to the memory of one who was alwavs Held 
in the heartiest esteem of those wlio knew him m the Hanson 
Place Church, witli which he had formerly been connected as its 

^'^The service was begun by the reading of the usual responsjvc ser- 
vice of the G. A. R'. by Commander Squin-s, of Post 32< a ter 
which an address was delivered by Rev. J. H. Gunning, Chaplain 
of the State Department G. A. R. In the course of his remarks, 




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Dr. Gunninw said, " Althongli educated at West Point, Colonel 
Perry loved peace, and was at all times the weiitlcst of men. He 
was a veteran of the Mexican war, and fonnjlit at San Jacinto, hut 
lie never enjovcd that strno-olc, hecanse ho always donlited whether 
he was fightini;- fur the i'ii;-ht. Brave almost to recklessness in what 
he knew to bo a g-ood canse, he almost feared to draw his sword lest 
he might be tigliting against the voice of God within his own heart 
rather than against the efforts of his human antatjonists." 

The Rev. j. O. Peck, D. D., pastor of the Hanson Place M. E. 
('hnrch, then, by special request, delivered the address which he 
had prepared for the afternoon services at (Jypi-ess Hill Cemetery, 
aiul withheld on account of the inclemency of the weather. In 
glowing terms he recounted the many virtues of the deceased pas- 
tor and soldier, and gave a graphic outline of his military career. 



MEJ\[OKIAL DAY. May 30. ISSl. 

The observance of Memorial Day, May 30, 1S84, was an event 
of which the "City of Churches"' has just reason to feel proud, 
and while comrades of other Posts contributed their shaiv to make 
the occasion one of great interest and inqxirtancc, to Post 327 
i)elongs the whole credit of that part of the affair wiiicli included 
the invitation and reception of distinguished invited guests. 

Mr. Joseph F. Kuaj)]) kindly offered to the reju'csentatives if 
Post 327 the use of his residetu^e in Bi-ooklyn, E. D., foi' the recep- 
tion of the distinguished guests, and this was used as the headijuar- 
ters of the Cr. A. R. on that day. 

About 300 invitations wei'c sent out by Post 327, of which the 
following is a copy : 

G. A. H. MEMORIAL DAY, 

Headquarters, Residbnce op Mr. .Josicpn F. Knapp, 

No. 8i, Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, E. D. 

You are invited to meet General Grant, Gener.il Sliorirlan. General Gilmore, 
General Cliristinsen, and His Honor Mayor Low, at Headquarters, Memorial 
Day, May SO. 1884, between <J and 10 A. ii. 

Robert M Beath, Commanfler-in-Clnef G \. R. 
HiA M. Hedges, Commander Department of New York, 
.r. L. FoLLETT. Giaud Mari-Iiai. 

A corps of ushers were appointed from Post 327, consisting of 
the following : Major B. R. (Jorwin, H. AL (,'alvert, G. W. Brush, 
M. D.. D. L. Staples, Willis McDonald, W. II. Barker, J. II. Stoot- 
hoif, R. B. Gwillim, A. II. Frost, George A. Price, II. W. Kni-lit. 
E. R. Johnson, J. A. Wight, M. Tebbetts, and S. H. Frankeuberg. 



30 MltMOUIAI, llAV, MAY oO. 1884. 

The following; description of the event is talvcn froni tlie Brook- 
lyn Times of May 30: 

The great event of tnilay was without doubt the reception tendered to Generals 
Grant, Sheridan and (Jilniorc and .Mayor Low at ihe residunoe of Mr. Jo.seph F. 
Knapp, corner of Bedford avenue and Koss street. (Jenerals Grant and Sheridan 
arrived at tlie foot of Broadway by way of the Grand street ferry at D.oO o'clock. 
They were seated in a c;irri.ij;e with Major John II. Walker, of Rankin Post No. 
10, and A. H. Frost, of Post '■Vi~. FoUowing immediately in their rear were Col. 
M. B. Sheridan and Col. .1. F. Gregory of General Sheridan's staff, with Colonel 
Fred. Grant and Ileary A. Phillips of .Tames H. Perry Post No. 811. As the boat 
that bore them neared the ferry slip which it was to enter, the Third Galling 
Battery, under command of Lieuicnant W. W. Hanold. thundered out a salute 
of seventeen guns from the pier at Uie foot of South Sixlh street. 

Company K of the Thirteenth IJegiment, under command of Lieut. Henry J. 
Jordan, and the surviving members of the Ninetieth Reiiiment New York Volun- 
teers, led by Major Uhl-q, received the guests at the foot of Broadvvaj'. The 
remainder of the Thirteenth was drawn up in line above First street, and after 
the carriages had passed, fell in line and escorted them to the headquarters. Along 
the route there was much cheering, which only concluded when the guests had 
been safely housed. 

THE RECEPTION AT MK. KNAI'P's. 

The outside of jMr. Knapp's house was decorated with bunting, and a military 
baud occupied a position on "a platform on tlie left of the entrance. For some 
time before the arrival of the distinguished guests the avenue and side streets in 
the vicinity of the house were blocked with people. Captain Brennan and a 
platoon of police were kept busy in restraining the ambitious instincts of those 
who chafed under the restraints of a boundary line. The Grand Army Commit- 
tee were on hand early and di-tributi'd its members so as to perform the most 
effective service in managing the outside arrangements of the rece|ition. It was 
twenty minutes to ten o'clock wlien the Thirteenth Regiment drew up on the east 
side of the avenue. Major Corwin hail shortly before arrived with General Gil- 
more. As tlie Thirteenth drew up, the carriage containing General Grant, Gen- 
eral Sheridan and the two luembers of the Grand Ann}' Committee, swung up to 
the curb in front of the house. The soldiers presented arms, and Sheridan lifted 
his hat. General Grant was looking another way, and did not acknowledge the 
salute until his venerable companion had suggestivel}' nudged him. Gen. Grant's 
colored seivant h.iuded him his crutches, anil he hobbled into the house amid the 
enthusiastic cheers of Ihe crowd. General Sheridan's portly figure followingliim 
up the brown stone steps. Once indoors the Generals were conducted to the head 
of the music room, where General Grant set aside his crutches, and took off his 
overcoat. He stood just before the laigest jiainting in the ele.aant gallery — Van- 
der Venue's "Proscribed Race," while General Sheridan on his left, his broad 
yellow silk sash making an imposing sweep across the swelling front of his coat, 
brought his head within the frame of Carlos Dnran's "Fruit Girl." General 
Grant has aged considerably since he was last seen at Mr. Knapp's. His shoul- 
ders are rounder, and the injuries which necessitate the crutches made him look 
to-day still feebler, though lieevidently strove to ignore these adver.se conditions. 
He did not lojg remain slandiua; after the process of introduction began, but sat 
most of the time until the reception was over, tirst on a sofa and then on a chair, 
which somebody brought him. 

The following were among the distinguished guests present on that occasion; 
General U. S. (!raiit, General Phil Sheridan, General Q. A. Gilmore, Com. Fil- 
lebrown. General Phil. II. Briggs, General C. F. Chiislensen. General E. L. Moly- 
neux. Colonel M. S. Sheridan, Commander-in-Chief Robert M. Bealh, G. A. R., 
Department Commander Ira M. Hedges, G. A K., Grand Marshal . I. L. Follett, 
Brigadier General Brownell, Mayor Low, and some three hundred of the most 
prominent citizens of Brooklyn, besides a number of guests from other States. 
Nearly all the King's (lonuty Posts G. A. R. were represented by their several 
Commanilers. 

The guests moved forward on the right hand side of the hall, were presented, 
and passed back on the left hand. Tliey tirst met General Sheridan, cordial 




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throughout, and with a perceptible deference to the ladies, who were uol numer- 
ous. 

Major Corwin introduced the guests. Many had a h\irriL'd and flushed con- 
gratulation or pleasantry to exchange with the two (ieuerals. General Gihnore 
surrendered the honors to them, and Jlayor Low and liimself mingled with the 
guests. 

Mrs. Knapp was. during the greater part of the reception, at General Grant's 
side, where she was warmly greelcil by all the guests, who, after they bad been 
presented, formed in group's throughout the broad room, gossipintc ia the palm- 
shaded alcoves, or enjoviug a tete-a tele on the plush divan in the centre, on 
which fell the quiet ligli't of the towering candelabrum. The candle jets through- 
out the room were liglited. 

Friends of General Grant in the gathering were delighted that he had not 
decided to " house himself up after the Wall street affair," as they put it. 

A pleasant incident occurred at about ten o'clock. Six white-rol)ed girls, each 
bearing a liright bouquet, marched through the throng and halted before General 
Grant. Miss Blanche Calvert, at the head of the line, stepped forward and, 
handing General Grant her flowers, said: 

'■ We present you with this bouquet of tlowers as a mark of our affection. We 
all have learned at school how much you have done for us and our country, and 
we shall remember this meeting with pleasure as long as we live. " 

WhereuDon General Grant kissed 5Iiss Blanche and all the other girls, as their 
grandchildren and great'grand-cliildren sliall doubtless hear. Miss Alice Corbett 
had abouq\iet for General Sheridan, to whom she said: 

" We welcome you to our cily of Brooklyn, because we have often wished to 
see yo>i, and we hope you will come soon again to smell our sweet Brooklyn 
flowers.' 

General Shfridan, not to be outdone in any little matter of gallantry, immedi- 
ately kissed Miss Alire, as likewise also such others as came forvs-ard. There 
were bouquets for Mr. and Mrs. Knapp. Commander Bealh and Depariment 
Commander Hedges. The other girls, who all represented Post :12T. were Edner 
Pitcher, Ella Bronsou. Minnie Reul and (ilena Knight. 

At lialf-past ten the ex President and the Couiniander-in-ChiL'f 1-ft the music- 
room, and the formal reception was closud. The dining-room was brilliantly 
arra3-ed. For an hour festal sounds had come through the parted portieres. 

A lively scene was witnessed in the street at the departure of the company. 
Generals Grant and Sheridan and Mayor Low were loudly cheered. The carriages, 
one after another, swung into the line of the procession, which then moved by 
on its way up Bedford avenue. 

General Grant was afterwMi-tls driven to the reviuwino; staiul, tuid 
reviewed the Grand Army Pests and tlie Second Division. In the 
eveninr^ he was the guest of Post 827 at Uris' Aeadciny, where 
General Sheridan, General Christensen. Colonel Frederick (Trant. 
General Barnes, Mayor Low and a iniinlH-r uf others — -io" ladies 
and gentlemen in all — sat down to a pleasant baiiqnet. When 
General Grant sat down, the whole eomjiany cheered him in unison. 
The General enjoyed the occasion very much, and remarked to 
those about him, '• I think it has done me good." 



32 PRESENTATION TO .TOSEPH F. KNAPP. 



PRESE>s'TAT10N TO MR. JOSEPH F. KNAPP. 

In recognition of Mr. Kn;i]>])'s liospit;ilit_v and kindness in open- 
ing liis lioupe fertile reception of tliedistinguislied guests on Memo- 
rial Day, a few rejireseritatives of the Post, consisting of Mr. H. M. 
Calvert, IVfa jor P. R. Corwin, George B. S(piircs, -lolm II. Jolinson 
and .James P. Ilowatt met at tiie residence of Mi-. Knapp, on the 
evening of 8eptetiihei' It), ISSl-, Mnd ])resenfeil 1o tliat gentleman a 
beautifully framed and engrossed letter expressive of the ap])recia- 
tion in wiiich Mi'. Kna]ip is held by the members of Post 32" in 
particular, and the Grand Army of the Ivc|>ul>lic in general. 

The duty of formally presenting the letter fell to Mr. ('alvert. 
That gentleman said : 

Mk. Kn.^ih' — !t is llio pleasinj; (hity of lliis (•omniitlcc. on b('l);ill' of Post No. 
337 of Brooklyn, lo jirc-i'iil you witli this engrossed aiul fraineil li.'ner. It cost 
little vvlien coniparcil witli llie .i;cnis of ait tliat ailoiii yoiif walls. I'.iil vn- know 
enoui^h of your regard for the (Jrand Army nf the Kepulilic to feel sure that you 
will not value it the less on that account. We offer you tliis testimonial as an 
expression of gratitude on the part of loyal defenders of the Union towards one 
who lias proved himself to lie their true, noble, sympathetic friend. Until the 
present year the ]5rooklyn heaihjuarters of the Grand Army on Memorial Day 
were in the street. .\o rich man had thrown open liis portals and said: ' Come 
in and honor my roof, you valiant men who olTereil your Iiieasts again and aiiain 
hetwten me and loss; who saved this goodly assemblage of States from dismem- 
berment, and spread over them lilierty. and, with lil)erly, commeree and empire, 
science and tasle — all the eomforts and ornaments of life.' This was reserved, 
sir, for you to do. Von generously placed your residence at the .si^rvice of our 
Depai tment Commander, to be used as his headquarters on our great commemo- 
rative day; you issued handsomely engraved cards of invitation to some three 
hundred and fifty prominent citizens of Brooklyn, furnished a sumptuous colla- 
tion, and seeiiKti truly jili'ased at I he brilliant success of your own e.xperinKMit. 
Since then you liavc^ e\ [landed your kindness liy telling us to make 84 Bedford 
avenue (nir headquarlers in future. This recognition of us, on y<)urparl, forour 
work's sake, was most agreeable to us. For while we are sensible tluc, in defend- 
ing the Union we did what duty and our best interests required, and that the 
wisdoin of our action will be abundantly e.\tolled by history, yet we should be less 
than human if we failed to appreciate the benefactions of our contem|ioraries. 
Uich in a storied past th:it the world will not willingly let die; rich in sympathy 
as comrades of an army 2.11, 01)0 strong; rich continually in works of charily and 
love, ^ve might be content to go on our way rejoicing without courting public 
favor. But wc court public favor only ii|)on national grounds. We recognize 
every honor paid to us as jiaid also to the memory of our fellow-citizens who 
died that these United States of America might remain powerful and be free. We 
regard ev( ry elevatiim of oiir Order in the eye of the people as an appeal to the 
patriotism of our young fellow-citizens, into whose hands we must in a little 
while intrust the safety of the ti,-ig and the security of all that the Hag now repre- 
sents. Therefore, we liail with delight the evidences which each succeeding year 
more clearly discloses, of a giowing feeling of veneration throughout the country 
for the men who averted its jiartition, with the diminished grandeur and loss of 
|)ower iusejiarable from partition. And because yoii, as a generous and discern- 
in.g patron of tlie (irand Army, have set an example of friendly devolion to us. 
which others may emulate, liut cannot surpass, we olTcr you the record of our 
gratitude iu a manner that we trust may be acceptable to you. 

Possibly, also, in tlie aftertime, your descendants may value this testimonial 
as an interesting relic of the great Civil War, anil as an as-urance, if assurance 
were needed, that their ancestor, .Joseph, like his namesake of Arimalhea, was 
not only a rich man, but a good man and a just. 




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PKESEXTATIOX TO JOSEPH F. KNAPP. 33 

Mr. Calvert tlien read thu IfUer, wliicli is as follows: 

Headquarters of Post Xo. 327, of Brooklyn, G. A. R., 
Everett Hall, 898 Fclton St. . 

Brooklyn, X. Y.. June 10, 1884. 
Joseph F. Knapp, Esq., S4 Bedford acenut: 

Dear Sir — We. the undersigned members of the Memorial Day Committee of 
Piist 327, of Broolilyn Di partmont of New York. Grand Army of Ihe Hepulilic. 
desire to express to you the high appreciation which our entire Post entertains of 
your public spirit and courtesy in making j'our mansion the headquarters on 
Memorial Day, 1884. 

It was an event which we .shall remember with pride as long as we live. For in 
your beautiful house we were brought face to face with men of imperishable 
renown, and enabled to revive, in the most pleasing manner, personal recollections 
of the great war in which we were actors. Nothing was wanting on your part 
to give lustre and importance to the occasion. At your invitation a notalile gath- 
ering of citizens, distinguished in civic and military life, assisted you to honor 
the day that is consecrated to the niemor.v of our dead comrades, (jur order was 
represented by its Commander in-Chief. Kobert B. Beath, and by its Commander 
for Ihe Department of New York, Ira M. Hedges. 

Conspicuous amom; many famous generals and colonels, with their brilliant 
staffs, was seen the illustrious head of the United States Army. General Piiilip 
H. Sheridan, whose fame shall not wither, and, by his side, the immortal Ulysses 
S. Grant, who brought the war for the preservation of the Union to a prosperous 
close at Appomatto-x Court House, and who holds the first place in the hearts of 
the men of the Grand Army of the Uepublic. 

This splendid and gratifying re-union was the outcome of your patriotic spirit. 
Therefore, whenever'we recall .Memorial Day, 1884. filled a.s" it is with cherished 
memories and loft}' associations, we shall remember you with admiration and 
love, for you seem, indeed, to be one of us. 

And We shall also remember, most gratefully, the kindness and the grace with 
which your eff' rts to ennoble our Order were seconded by Mrs. Knapp. 

It is our hope that your relation to the Grand Army of I he Ri public will become 
more pleasurable and interesting from year to year; and that the blessings which 
we. and onr comrades throughout the land, were instrumental in securing for the 
Nation, may be longand abundantly enjoyed by you and your family. 
We have the honor to be. Dear Sir, 

Yours very respectfully, 

GEORGE F. TAIT. Commander. 
JAMES P. HOWATT. 
JOHN H. JOHNSON. 
B. R. COR WIN, 
H. M. CALVERT. 

Mr. Knapp listened attentively while Mr. Calvert made the pre- 
sentation, and when he eonchided, said : 

" Gentlf.mex— I regret very much th,at I am not s-ifted with the eloquence of 
our friend .Mr. Calvert, so tUat I might express in tittini; terms my appreciation 
of this beautiful sift. What 1 have d >ne to deserve this I cannot well imairine. 
I ran assure you that the pleasures I derived from Memorial Day were moreHian 
sufficient to repay me for the liitle I then did for the Grand Army of the Republic. 
Wlun we be:n' in mind what the soldiers did to preserve the Union, we cannot 
do too much for them on the grand occasion they celebrate each year. I have 
no doubt that many gentlemen woulil have done the same in theEiStern Dis- 
trict. This section of the city is noted for the hospitality it shows on Memorial 
Day." 

'• I don't know about that," interrupted Major Corwin. 

" Perh:ips othi r genllem' n Wi-re not askeil." n sumcd Jlr. Knnpp. " I resret 
that my fami'y is noi now presi nl to see this beam iful silt. 3Irs. Knapp deserves, 
by far. more credit than I do for the manner in which we endeavoied lo euterlain 



34- HOW POST NO. 337 CAMK TO BK CALLKD U. S GRANT POST. 

our guests. I can assure you that I shall always clierish this present — and it is a 
splendid one — and shall always do what I can to make the Grand Army remem- 
bered on Memorial Day. I again thank you kindly." 

The letter, which was engrossed in a most artistic manner by Mi'. 
Henry E. jSTehiies, is enclosed in a frame measuring three bv four 
feet — an effect in bronze and gold, representing autumn leaves and 
fruits. The border of the letters is formed on either side of 
Corinthian columns, surmounted by cannon balls and resting on a 
square Ijase. on which are the letters G. A. R. At tlie top is a col- 
ored •l>adge of the Grand Army oi'ganization, and from this in each 
direction are looped flags that twine gracefully about the upper part 
of the columns. At the bottom of all is a photographic representa- 
tion of Mr. Kuapp's residence as viewed from the opposite corner, 
the suiTounding trees being in full leaf. The whole letter is sur- 
rounded 1)3' an oak vine, emblematic of strength. 

The five gentlemen were most hospitably entertained by Mr. 
Knapp until after ten o'clock, when they adjourned. Much regret 
was expressed at the absence of Commander George F. Tait, but 
the recent death of a daughter compelled him to remain at his 
home. 



HOW POST No. 327 OF BROOKLYN, G. A. R., CAME 
TO BE CALLED THE U. S. GRANT POST. 

The New York Tribune on Sunday, March 1, 1^85, drew ])ublic 
attention, for the first time, to the alarming coudition of General 
Grant's liealth. Each subsequent day's re])ort confirmed the sad 
intelligence, until it became painfully apparent that, in all ]iroba- 
bilitj the career of the great soldier would be ended at no distant 
day, by a cancer in the throat. Under these circumstances, the pos- 
sibility arose that some Post of the Grand Army of the Republic 
would ere long be endowed with the name of the chief actor in the 
War of the Rebellion. No name amongst the children of men 
was dearer to Grand Army veterans, and nothing was more likely, 
tliereforc, tlian that one or more new Posts would be formed in the 
Department, and would suspend their application for a charter only 
until the moment when General Grant's death should be announced, 
when they would at once request the honor of being allowed to 
bear his name. 

Post No. 327, of Brooklyn, was organized at a time when comrade 
Ulysses S. Grant bid fair to see several years of vigorous life, but it 
had not received a name, because its members were not able to agree 
on one to suit them. When public evidences seemed to point to 
the hero's approaching death, it immediately became an object of 
ambition with Commander Calvert to obtain from the Department 
Commander a promise that Post No. 327 of Brooklyn, should, when 



HOW POST NO. 3-'T lAME TO BE CALLED U. S. GRANT POST. oi) 

named, bo known as tlie " U. S. Grant Post, No. 327. De])artnient 
of New York," and tlins anticipate ail efforts in tiiat direction by 
other organizations. In tlie middle of March, the doctor's report 
indicated that General Grant wonld soon die. Accordingly on the 
nineteenth of March, 18S5, Commander Calvert went to Little Falls, 
in Herkimer county, N. Y., accompanied by Comrade A(] jiitant 
George A. Price, and had an interview with Department Comman- 
der H. Clay Hall. The result was eminently satisfactory, for assur- 
ance was given to Comrades Calvert and Price tliat their request 
would be granted when the proper time came. This assurance was 
based on the fact that Post No. 327 of Brooklyn, was not only the 
earliest formed Post in the Department that was without a name, 
but the only one in that condition amongst the five Imndi-ed and 
forty-one Posts of the Army then existing under Commander Hall's 
jurisdiction. 

While the bells were yet tolling for the nation's loss on the morn- 
ing of Juh' 23, 188.5, Commander Calvert wired to Commander H. 
Clay Plall, the words wliich had been agreed upon between them in 
Little Falls, March 19, '"Can the engagement made be now carried 
out?'' and Connuander Hall immediately telegrajihed back this 
reply, " Yes, of course." 

This intelligence was communicated to the memliers of the Post 
at a special meeting held at their headquarters on the evening of 
tlie day that General Grant died, and was enthusiastically received. 
The journey to Little Falls and its result had been kept secret, so 
that the announcement of the great lionor which had come to the 
Post, was a glad surprise. 

The otiicial information from Department Headquarters was as 
follows: 

" IIeadquaktehs Department op New York, G. A. R., } 
Utica, N. v., .July 25, 18So. f 

SPECIAL ORDER— No. 118. 

"Post No. 327 G. A. R. of Brooklyn. N. Y., is hereby authorized to assume 
tlie name of U. S. Gr;iut, by reasou of a prior claim over all others who had 
requested the use of that title. 

By commaud of 

H. CLAY HALL, 
Official: Department Commander." 

O. P. CLARKE, 

Asbt. Adjt. General." 

The by-laws of the Post were amended in due form at a regular 
encampment held September 22, 1SS5, and thus the change of" title 
from Post No. 327, of Brooklyn," to '• U. S. Grant Post, "No. 327," 
was perfected. Several organizations that had been lying in wait, 
ajjplied by telegraph for charters as soon as the death of'tlie great 
soldier was made ]niblic ; but Comrades Calvert and Prife had t";iken 
time by the forelock, and Dejiartment Commander Hall adhered 
manfully to the promise that he had given on the nineteenth of 
March. 



36 tr. 9. GRANT POST AS THE liUAKD OF HONOR. 



THE LI. S. GRANT POST AS THE GUARD OF HONOR. 

Iiiiinedi;itc'ly after tc]eo:nipliin<T to tlie Department Commander 
oil tlie inorninj;' of July 23(1, 1885, asking for the fuliillineiit of liis 
promise respeeting the iianie of the Post, Commander Calvert went 
to Comrade Henry W. Knight, at No. 805 Broadway, New York 
City, and requested him to go as one of a committee to Mount 
McGregor by the 11 r. ii. Saratoga Express, hut to telegraph at 
once to Colonel F. D. Grant, soliciting for Post No. 327 of Brook- 
lyn the honor of being the body^-guard at the approaching funeraL 

This was done, and the message, which was also one of condo- 
lence, reached Colonel Grant sutKeieiitly early in tlie day to admit 
of his reply being read at a special meeting of the Post in the 
evening. The reply was so encouraging that a committee was 
ap])ointed, consisting of Comrades H. ^Y. Knight, Theo. B. Gates 
and Will. II. Barker, to start that night for ^Monnt McGregor for 
the purpose of conferring with the family. 

Great credit is due to the members of this committee for the 
prepossessing manner in which they advanced the claims of their 
sjileiidid Post to represent the whole Grand Army of the Repuljlic, 
and the vetei'ans of the late war, durinu; the funeral ceremonies. So 
admirably, indeed, did the}" carry out the object of their mission, 
in the presence of several military and quasi-military delegations 
who were shouldering each otliei- for the same "-reat honor, that 
Colonel (Trant, as the representative of the family, not only acce|)ted 
the offer of their services, but signified his wishes on the subject so 
conclusively by coniniunicaticm with the Adjutant-General of the 
Army, and with Major-General W. S. Hancock, who was to have 
charge of the obsequies, that, from the 25th day of July until the 
eighth day of Angust, the U. S. Grant Post was honored above 
every other organization in tlie land. 

Gen. Grant dieil on Thursday. On the evening of the following 
day the committee returned to Brooklyn, and on Saturday the first 
detail from the Post, under the command of Senior Vice-Com- 
mander John H. Johnson, went to the mountain hoiiu^ where the 
great soldier breathed his last, and were at once placed by the 
afflicted family between the intrusive living and the illustrious 
dead. 

Beneath the miii-muring jiines of that beautiful and now historic 
spot, comrades of the (-irand Army of the Republic from L. M. 
Wheeler Post, No. 92, of Saratoga, performed guard duty, armed, 
in the neighborhood of the cottage where the body of Ulysses S. 
Grant was lying, while members of Post No. 327, unarmed, occu- 
pied the piazza. Early in the week a company of the Twelfth 
United States Infantry from Fort Niagara arrived at Mount 
McGregor, and reliexed the Wheeler Post of armed guard duty. 
Then these faithful comrades, who had pronqitly gone up the 
mountain, from their world-renowned Spa, to protect the fallen 









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GROl'l' No. I. 
Gl:\i<I) ok Hiinoh— KiK^r Mount McdREcim nKiAii- 



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tr. S. GEAXT POST AS THE Gl'AIlD OF HONOE. 37 

form of tlieir cliief, were removed to tlie piazza, and the men of 
U. S. Grant Post were received in tlie cottauje, and began to keep, 
in reliefs of twos, hy day and by nigiit, tlieir solemn vigils in the 
room where the hero of "Appomattox Court House was sleeping. 

On AVedne.-day, July 2ii, the casket which had been prejiared in 
New York city, arrived at Mount McGregor. The remains of the 
General were deposited in it, and Colonel Grant, in a few feeling 
words, resigned the body of his father to tlie care of the comrades 
of the Post which had been invested with liis name, to be reverently 
guarded by them from that moment until they should lay it in the 
temporai'v tond> appointed for it at Riverside Park. 

Proudly and lovingly did these comrades from the city of 
churches set tliemselves to the jierformance of their honorable duty. 
Business and pfeasnre were alike aljandoned. Many of them cheer- 
fully dispensed with their accustomed sunnuer relaxation by lake 
and sea, after the toilsome pursuits of a year, and devoted. them.^elves 
during an equivalent number of days to testifying publicly, on tlie 
nntuntain top, in the State Cai)itol at Albany, in the crow(led City 
Ilall of Xew York, in the long march on that sad day when the 
Metropolis poured out her hundreds of thousands of mourning citi- 
zens in reverential silence, — their hive and admiration for the yavioiu' 
of the Union who had done so much fur them and for their children. 

In consequence of his education at West Point, and his military 
rank, General Grant was claimed by the regular army as its own. 
The civic and military authorities of Ali)any and New York city also 
claimed that the National Guard, in its lieauty and strength, should 
be foremost to render homage to the dead chieftain while he rested, a 
silent guest, within their gates. Hut it was wisely detei-mined that 
veterans of the late war, men wIkj wltc with him in the great and 
terriljle days of the Wilderness, and by wliose gallantry aiul devotion 
his jilans were crowned with success, should be permitted to bear 
him in their arms, and lay him gently down to rest. The sensibili- 
ties of the regular army officers had been tranquilized in the same 
manner that the confidence of the family had been gained. So that 
Colonel Roger Jones, U. S. A., reju'esenting Major General Hancock 
at Mount McGregor, and Senior Vice-Commander John H. Jolnison, 
representing U. S. Grant Post, agreed on an arrangement alike sat- 
isfactory and honorable to both. 

The conditions were tliese : An officer and twelve men of U. S. 
Grant Post should be detailed to act as bearers of the casket. They 
were to be accompanied by an armed escort of the Twelfth United 
States Infantrj'. For the sake of convenience and order the same 
detail of comrades should act continuously to the end ; that is to say 
that they, and they only, should be allowed to move the casket, and 
they were to be relieved, while the General's remains lay in state at 
Albany and New York, by a similar detail of an officer and twelve 
men of the Post in each relief. 

In i)nrsnance of this arrano-ement the following interesting Post 
orders were issued : 



3S U. S. GRANT POST AS THE GUAKD OF HONOK. 

Headquarters U. S. Grant Post, No. 327, ) 
Dkpaiitment op New Yokk. G. A. R., > 
;598 Fulton St., Brooklyn, July 31, 1885. ) 
Post Orders No. 3 ; 

I. This Post will assemble in full uniform at headquarters at 7 o'clock a. m., 
on Tuesday, August 4, and proceed via 8;2.5 Annex and New York, West Shore 
& Bullali) liailroad to the t'apitnl. where the remains of our late comrade and 
commander. Gen. U. S Grant, will lie in state. 

II. It is iiuporlant that every comrade of the Post should be present for duty, 
as each relief will comprise twelve men, and tlie relief will be frecpient. 

III. The Post will of necessity be iu light marching order. No baggage can 
be carried. 

IV. The Post will return to New York at 9 A. M. on Wednesday, in advance 
of the funeral train. 

H. M. CALVERT, Commander. 
GEORGE A. PRICE, Adjutant. 

Headquarters U. S. Grant Post, No. 327, i 
Department of New York, G. A. R , >• 
398 Fulton St., Brooklyn, July 31, 1885. ) 
Post Orders No. 3; 

The following named comrades of thi.s Post have been selected to be the final 
detail for the guard of honor at Moiuit McGregor, and to guaid the casket contain- 
ing the remains of Gen. U. S. Grant on its journey from Mount McGregor to 
Riverside Park : Senior Vice-Commander J. 11. Johnson and Comrades William 
H. Barker, George W. Brush. George J. Collins, B. R. Corwin, R. B. Gwillim, 
James P. Oowatt, Henry W, Knight, Willis McDonald, W. J. McKelvey, Robert 
F. McKellar, George B. "Squires, Noah Tebbetts. 

H. M. CALVERT, Commander. 
GEORGE A. PRICE, Adjutant. 

On Sattii-(];iy, August 1st, CoiTiiiiander Calvert, accompanied by 
tlie Comrade All jutaiit and several members mentioned in tlie above 
order, visited Mount McGregor, and j)articipated in tlie vigils at tlie 
cottage. While wearing liis unform as comniander he had an 
excellent opportunity of testifying to the harmony existing between 
his comrades and the regulars, for, by a pretty courtesy, the sentries 
on duty presented arms to Itim as to an officer of the army. 

l.eaving at Mount McGregor only the intended bearers of the 
casket, and Comrade Henry Camp, who was to conduct the musical 
])art of the funeral ceremonies, the Commander and Atljutant 
returned to Brooklyn, and on Tuesday moi'iiing, August 4th, pro- 
ceeded with eighty comrades of the Post to Albany to meet tlie 
funeral procession on its mournful journey towards Riverside. A 
spacious Guard lloom was placed at their disposal in the Capitol by 
tlie gentlemanly superintendent. When the bearers deposited the 
casket in the rotunda of that great building, they were (juickly and 
(piietly relieved by an officer and twelve men iif the Post. This 
guard duty was sustained throughout the nigiit. Six comrades 
stood on each sitle of the casket, ])arallel to it, and kept tlie crowd 
moving between them and it. A member of the "Loyal Legion," 
of which General Grant was Commander at the time of his death, 
stood at the head, and a comrade of the L. M. Wheeler Post of 
Saratoga at the foot of the casket. Great vi<rilance was exercised 
that no laxity on the part of Ptist No. 327 might warrant the co-op- 
eratiou of any other organization. The Commander remained iu 



r. 8. GEAXT POST AS THE Ol'ARD OF HONOR. 39 

tlie Capitol on duty all uii;iit, pcra<.iiiall\ instructing every clctail 
aliout tlie package wliicii Colonel (Trant iiad placed in tlie breast 
pocket of his father's coat, oi'dering instant interference if any imc 
atteni])ted to handle tlie clothing when the enil)alnier found it 
necessary to open the casket, and he reixn'ted evei-y relief in pi-rson 
to the ()fficer of the Guard for courtesy's sake. Sliortly before nine 
o'clock on Wednesday morning, the "bearers" resumed their posi- 
tion ])reparatory to leaving Albany by the ]S^. Y. Central Eailniad 
for the Citv. The other comrades df the '' U. S. Grant Guard (if 
Honor, about eighty in number, formed column, and after filing 
through the rotunda to left and right of their deatl c<_)nirade. timl; 
train bv tlie West Shore l{(jad and niadr their headquarters at tlir 
'Astor ilouse in oSTew York City. 

Scarcely had the casket, rich in royal [lurple, and siher, and gold. 
been placed in the City Hall, nndei- the same canopy \vlio>e folds 
had drooped over it in the cottage, than an otlicei' and twelve men 
of the Post relieved the guard. Senior N'lce-Commander .luhn H. 
Johnson, by ]3ermission of Colonel (rrant. (lecorate(| rlie lajiel of the 
dead General's coat with a ne^v badge of the " (^rand .Viaiiy of the 
Republic." 

The same courtesy was extende<l to and acce|)ted liy a mi'm- 
ber of the " Loyal Legion ; '" and thus the badges of tlie>e two iioblc 
oriiaiiizations, bright and beautiful as the fame of the great >ol(liri-. 
glittered side by side on his quiet breast. 

Steadily, as in the old time when they were younu-. tlie \eferan.s 
stood by their chief through AVednesday night. Tlim-sday. Thurs- 
day night. Friday, P^riday night, keeping up the stipulated tietail. 
This, with a working capacity of only about one Immli-ed and ten 
men available for guard duty, reflects credit on the etficiency of 
Adjutant Price and the constant devotion of thr conii-ades. A> in 
Albany, officers of the National Guard fiuaned a cordon out.-ide the 
(irraml Army men. The two comrades of L. M. \\'heeler post. Xo. 
92. of Saratoga, cast their lot with U. S. Grant Post for the time 
being, and, sharing the honor, took their jiroper turn on diit\. 
Early on Saturday morning, owing to some temporary di-ai-range- 
ment of the plan hitherto preserved, it became necessary to ]iut a 
Grand Army man where an officer of the National Guard had 
stood ; and so, by a singular coincidence, of which any family might 
be proud, two brothers, Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Clark, represent- 
ing the Loyal Legion, and Comrade P. S. Clark, representing V. S. 
Grant Post, found them.selves confronting each other, the one at the 
head, and the other at the foot of the casket. 

For the last time the guard was relieved. The comrades who 
had already moved the General's l)ody so often, ranged themselves 
beside it. There was one change in their number. Comi-ade 
Geo. W. Lrush. M. D., was unable to lie present, and his jilace for 
the lonir, final march to Riverside Park was tilled bv Comrade 
William W. Brodie. 

The Post, by order received through one of General Hancock's 



40 U. S. GRANT POST AS THE GtTAED OF HONOR. 

aides-de-cainp, fell in (ni the I'car nf Afeade Post, No. 1, of Pliila- 
delpliia, — Comrade U. S. Grant's own Post. Meade Post occupied 
the right of the Grand Ami}- division, and U. S. Grant Post came 
next. These Posts marched witii their old vigor fi'om the City 
Hall to Riverside, and they were the only two that performed the 
j()nrne\\ 

The same sti'ong hands that lifted the old suldiei- on the moun- 
tain-top now kill him gently in his hed by the beautiful river, near 
the great throbliing heart of the people who, as lie said, had 
l)efrieiided him in his need, " that his s|)irit might have irst.'' 

Thus the I'. 8. Grant Post of the Grand Army of tlie Jiej)ublic 
was the " Guard of Honor." With tliDUghts too deep for uttei'ance 
the comrades returned to Brooklyn in a commodious barge that the 
lion. John H. Starin had most kindly sent to One Ilmidred and 
Twenty-tifth street for their convenience. They had indeed met 
with many courtesies, not only fi-om the New York Central and 
West Shore railroads, but from thoughtftd friends everywhere, wlio 
by a generous recognition of the i-eipiii'ements of the occasion had 
in that way made obeisance to the dead. Their hitherto nameless 
Post was now endowed with the name dearer to Grand Army men 
than any other earthly- name. It was clothed with dignity. It was 
crowned with honor. Although " wondrous few "" in munber, its 
members had been permittetl to do a highly jiatriotic, laudable, and 
honorable work. And as they thought of these things they rejoiced 
most of all to know that their conduct had been acce|itable to the 
sorrowing widow and children of their old commander, as this, 
manly letter from Cdlonel F. D. Grant will testify: 

Mount McGregor. ) 
CommamUr II. M. Cnhrrl / August 17, 1885. J 

Dear Sir — Now that the sliarp paius of grii-f are over, auil tlie full realization 
of the fact that my father is no more wei.sjhs sadlv upon me. I at>iireciale that in 
the hours of my ilislress your Post, the U. S. Grant Post of the Gram! .Vrmy. came 
forward and guarded his body as tliey wouUl have guarded the body of one of 
their own family, with as nuich care, with as much tenderness, and, I believe, 
with as much love. 'Phis will continue lo be one of the dearest memories of my 
life. I will always think of the members of the U. S. Grant Post as the tender 
guardians of mv father's remains. Gratefully, 

■ F. D. GRANT. 



SPECIAL ORDERS. ■ 4-1 



SPECIAL ORDERS. 



IIeadijuauters U 
Departmknt of 
B 



!S U. S. Gi:a.n-t Post 337, ) 
New YdiiK, G. A. R. [ 

SuooKLYN, July 25th, 188.5. ) 



[SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 1.] 

I. The followinc comniilcs nrr detailed to pi'oreed at once to Mt. McGi'egor, 
in olx'ilieiice to tlie wisli of llie I'aiiiily of tlie lale General Grant, to act as Guard 
of Honor at tlie Drc-xcl Cottage until relieved, viz ; 

Comrade Senior Vice-Conimander, J. H. Jolinsou, 
Comrade William H, Barker, Comrade H. W. Kniyht, 

William C. Booth, " Willis McDonald. 

" ' B. R. Corwin, " Noah Tebbetts. 

R. B. Gwillim, 

GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT, 

AOjutaiit. Cciiimandir. 

IIeadquarteks U. S. Grant Post 327, 
DErAirr.MENT op New York, G. A. R. 

Br(miki.vx, .July 26. 1885. 

[SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 2.J 

I. The following comrades are detailed to proceed at once to Mt. McGregor, 
to act as Guard of Honor until regularly relieved : 

Comrade Charles F. Hammell, Comrade William Rcid, 

Andrew Jacobs, " Charles H. Walker, 

" AVilliam Osboru, " T. J. Linnekin. 

GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT, 

Adjutant. Cuniinanclcr. 



HEAngUARTEES 

Depart.ment of N 
Bi 



U. S. Grant Post 327, | 
EW York. G A. R. V 

((M.KLVN, July 28, 1885. ) 



[SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 3. 1 

I. The following comrades are detailed to proceed at once to Mt. McGregor, 
to act as Guard of Honor until regularly relieved : 

Comrade S H Frankenberg, Comrade William Cowan, 

" Thomas S. Phipps, " AS Rowley, 

N. Sammis, " Henry Camp. 

GEORGE A. PRICE, II. M. CALVERT, 

Adjutiinl. Ciiminander. 

Headquarters U. S. Grant Post 327, 
Department of New Y'ork, G. A R. 

Brooklyn, Saturday, August 1, 1885. 

[SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 4] 

1. In compliance with orders from Major General W. S. Hancock, detailed by 
the President to take charge of the ob,se(|uies of General and E.\-Presideut U S. 
Grant, the following comrades are delailcd as the ''Guard of Honor," Senior 
Vice-Commander John H. Johnson in charge ; 

Comrades William II. Barker, Comrades Henry W. Knight, 
George W. Brush, " Willis 3IcDona'ld. 

B. R. Corwin, " William J. JIcKelvey, 

George J. Collins, '■ Robert F. Mackcllar, 

R. B. Gwillim, " George B. Squires, 

James P. Howatt, " Noah Tebbetts. 



42 SPECIAL OEDERS. 

II. This detail will have exclusive charge of the casket containing the remains, 
except when relieved by a similar detail from this Post, until it is placed in tlie 
temporary tomb at the IJiverside Park. 

GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT, 

Adj u ta II t . Commander. 

Headquauters U. S. Grant Post 327, 1 
Uepart.ment oy New York. G. A. R. \ 

August 1.5t, 1885. ) 

[SPECIAL ORDERS XO. 5 ] 

1. The Guard of Honor for the obsequies of General U. S. Grant is hereby 
ordered for dulv as follows ; 

1st Relic'f. 7 to 10 :■. M.. llowalt and JIcKelvey. 
2d Relief, 10 to 1 A. M., Aug 2d, Calvert and Johnson. . 
3d Relief, 1 to 4 A. M., Aug" 2d, Squires and >Iel)onaId. 
4th Relief, 4 to 7 a. m., Aug. 2d, Brush and t'ollius. 
.5th Relief, 7 to 10 a. m., Aug. 2d, Corwin and Maekellar. 
6th Relief, 10 to 1 P. M., Aug 2d, Barker and Tebbetts. 
7th Relief, 1 to 4 P. M., Aug 2d, Gwillim and Knight. 
1st Relief, 4 to 7 P. M , Aug. 2d, Ilowatt and ^McKelvey. 
3d Relief. 7 to 10 p. M., Ai'ig. 2, Squires and McDonald. 
4th Relief, 10 to 1 a. m., Aug 3(1, 15rush and Collins. 
5th Relief, 1 to 4 A. M., Aug. 3d, Corwin and ilackellar. 
6th Relief. 4 to 7 A. M., Aug. 3d, Barker and Telilietts. 
7th Relief, 7 to 10 A. M., Aug. 3d, Gwillim and Kniglit. 
1st Relief, 10 to 1 P. M., Aug. 3d, Ilowatt and McKelvcy, 
3d Relief, 1 to 4 P. M., Aug. 3d, Squires and McDonald. 
4lh Relief, 4 to 7 p. M., Aug. 3d, Brush and Collins. 
5ih Relief, 7 to 10 p. M., Aug.3d, Corwin and JIackellar. 
6th Relief, 10 to 1 a. m., Aug. 4th, Barker and Tebbetts. 
7tli Relief, 1 to 4 A. M., August 4lh. Gwillim and Knight. 
1st Ri'Hef, 4 lo 7 A. M., Aug. 4th, Ilowatt and .MeKelvey. 
3d Relief, 7 to'lO A. M., Aug. 4th, Squires and McDonald. 
4th Relief, 10 to 1 p. m , Aug. 4th, Brush and Collins. 
By Commaud ; 
GEO. A. PRICE, ■ II. M. CALVERT, 

Adjutant. Coniiniinder. 

Headquarters U. S. Grant Post 327, ) 

Depaktmb;nt of New York, G. A. R., j- 

Capitol, Albany, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1885. 1 

[SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 6.1 

I. For the purpose of properly relieving the "Guard of Honor," while the 
remains of the hite General Grant are lying in state at the Capitol, the following 
details are made : 

1st Relief. Duly from 5 to 8 P. .M , J. V. C. Alfred Cranston in charge. Com- 
rades Brodie, Bronson, I'.arnie, Demarest.Gregor}', Hendrickson, 'Miller (J.), Middle- 
brook, Newell, Pitclicr, St\idley. Williamson. 

2d Relief. Duly frcjui 8 to 11 p. m , Past Commander George F. Tait in charge. 
C!omrades Cortelyou, Curtin. Carshaw, Edmondson, Fagan, Fiala, Horton, John- 
son (E, R.), Murphy (John), Sonville, Whitson, Walker'CC. H.). Young 

3d Relief. Duty from 11 to 2 A. M. (5th), Conuiiis.sary Wm. T. Crouch in 
charge. Comrades Bates. Clarke, Corbett, Dykeman, Ilartough, Hemphill, Key- 
mer, Ludlum, Jlarvin, Row.se, Smith, Sammis. 

GEO. A. PRICE, II. M. CALVERT, 

Adjutant. Commander. 



SPECIAL OEDEES. 43 

Headquaeters U. S. Gkant Post 337, i 

Depaktment op Xew York. G. A. R., '• 

Capitol, Albany, X. Y., August 5, 1885. ) 

[SPECIAL ORDERS— Xo. 7.] 
I The following details are made for duty as " Guard of Honor " at Capitol : 
1st Kelicf. Dutv 2 to 5 a. m.. O^ G. Acting O. D. 1). L. Staples in charge. 
Comrades Ahlstrom" Bates, A. Freeman, Hands, Lippitt, F. E. Jliller. Jlyers, Kob- 
erts. Sands, Shephard, Wilcox, Zimmerman. 

2d Belief. Dutv from 5 to 8 a. m.. Adjutant George A. Price in charge. Com- 
rades Bootli, Cowim, Hammell, llubbs, Liunekin, Orr. Osborne. Ponies, Walton, 
Wight. Wriicht. Murray. 

3d Relief' Duty from 8 until relieved 1)3- " Special Guard of Honor," Engmeer 
Geo. W. Van ilaier in charce : Comrades Demarest, Gregorv, Hendrickson, 
iMiller (.John), Middlebrook, Newkirk, Newell, Pringle, Studley, Topham, AVil- 
liamson. 

GEO. A. PRICE, H. >I. CALVERT, 

Adjutant. Coinmujukr. 

Headquarters U. S- Gp.axt Post, 327, 
Department of New York, G A. R. 
Capitol, Albany, N. Y., August 5, 1885. 

[SPECIAL ORDERS— No 8.] 

I. Tlie Guard of Honor will relieve the last detail of the Post at 9 A M. 

II. The Post will assemble in the room of the Committee on Cities, in the 
Capitol, at 9:15 A. M., preparatory to leaving the city on the 9:55 train by the 
AVest Shore Railroad. 

III. In leaving the Capitol, the Post will pass in double files, and without 
mu-ie. through the corridor and on either side of the casket, thus viewing the 
remains of our comrade and former General-iu- Chief. 

GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT. 

Adjutant. Commander. 

He.^^dquaeters U. S Grast Post 327, ) 

Depaot-ment of New York, G A. R. V 

New York City, August 5, 1885. ) 

[SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 9 ] 

I. The headquarters of Ihi-; Post are hereby established at Astor House, New 
York City, rooms 122. 124, 126. 

II. The following details are made for duty : 

1st Relief. Dutv from .) to 8 P. .M. Engineer Cieorge W.Van Mater in charge. 
Conuades Corbett. Henii)hill, Kenney. Lippitt. Marvin, Miller (F. E ), Thos. Mur- 
ray, Alvers, Peavey, Prinijle. Vail. Young. 

"2d. 'Relief. Duty from 8 to 11 P. M. J. V. C. Alfred Cranston in charge. 
Comrades Brodic. Barnie, Demarest. Frost. Gregory, Hendrickson, Middlebrook, 
Miller (Johu), Newell. Pitcher. Studley, Williamson. 

3d Relief. Duty 11 p. ,\r. to 2 A .M. Past .Junior Vice-Commander W. Van 
H. Cortelyou iu charge Couu-ades Edmond-^on. A. Freeman, E. R. .Johnson, 
Livingston, Newkirk, Wight, R.aymond, Whitson, Zimmerman. 

GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT, 

Adjutant. Cumntander. 

Headquarters U. S. Gr.a.nt Post 327, 1 

Depart.ment of New York. G. A. R. [■ 

Astor House, New York City, August 6, 188-5. ) 

[SPECIAL ORDERS-No. 10.] 

I. The following details are announced as " Guard of Honor;" 
1st Relief. Duty from 2 to 5 A. >i. Commissary William T. Crouch in charge. 
Comrades Burlelt. Hemphill, Keuney, Mui'phy (Johu), Pringle. 
(J. Ormsby, of Post 92.) 



44 SPKCIAL OKDKH.S. 

3d Relief. Duty from 5 to 8 a. m. O. G. Daniel L. Staples in charge. Com- 
rades Bates. Boles, Clark, Cowan, Ilammell, Linnekin, Sands, Walton, C. H. 
Walker. J WriiiUt. 

3d Kelicf. Duty from 8 to 11 .\. m. J. V. C. Alfred Cranston in charge. 
Comrades Ahlstrom. Camp, Cortclyou, Hands, Hemphill, Dykeman, Phipps, 
Murra)'. Heid, Soiiville. Young. 

(Downing, of Post 93 ) 

4th Helief. Duty from 11 .\ M. to 3 p m. Commander H. M. Calvert in 
charge, t'omrades Brodie, Corhelt. A. Freeman, Gregory, Hammell, Middle- 
brook, Newell, I'eavey, Pitcher, Pringle, Zimmerman. 

5th Relief. Duty from 3 to 5 P. M. Chairman Board of Trustees, William 
E Car.shaw in charge. Comrades Burlctt, Fagan, Ludlum, Orr, Studley, Tait, 
Walker (C;. H ), Whitson, Sammis, Roberts, Wilco.x. 

(Ormsby. of Post 93 ) 

6th Relief. Duty 5 to 8 P. M. O. G. D. L. Staples in charge. Comrades 
Bates, Brown. Cowan, Hemphill, Lippitt, JIurray, Mj'ers, Prmgle, Walton, 
Wright. Vail, Van Maler. 

7th Relief. Duty from 8 to 11 p. .M. Past Commander George F. Tait in 
charge. Comrades Booth, Camp, Demarest, Dykeman, Heudrickson, Kenuey, 
Raymond. Souville Heid, Young. 

(Downimr. of Post 92 ) 

8th Helief. Duty from 11 p. m. to 3 \ M . 7th. Past Q JI. James A Wight 
in charge Comrades Brown. Brouson. Edmondson, Hands, Keymer, Linnekin, 
Livingston. Middlebrook. Rowley, Squires, Walker (M. H ), Williamson. 

GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT, 

Ailj (I ta lit. Cuinina lulcr. 

He.^dquakters U S. Grant Post 337, 

DEPAItTMENT OP NeW YoRK, G A. K. 

AsTOR House, New Y'oek City, August 7, 1885. 
[SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 11. J 

I. The following iletnils are announced as Guard of Honor : 

1st Relief. Duly from 3 to 5 a. .m. Past O G. William \Y . Brodie in charge. 
Comrades Ahlstrom. Barrymore. Clark. Fiala, Gregory, Hammell, Ilotchkiss, 
McCormick, Miller (F. E.i. Powles, SAUth. 

3d Relief. Duty from 5 to 8 K M. J V. C. Alfred Cranston in charge Com- 
rade-i Crouch. A. Freeman (from T> to 10:30), Thomas ^lurra}', Phipps, Pitcher, 
Price. Ruth, Sands. Van Mater. 

3d Relief. Duty from 8 to 11 a. m. Past Chaplain William C. Booth in 
charge. Comrades Cranston, Crouch, Freeman, Hemphill, Jacobs, Middlebrook, 
Murra}'. Zimmerman. 

4th Relief. Duty from 11 a. m. to 3 P. M. Comrade T. B. Gates in charge. 
Comrades Camp, Corbetl. Cowan, Hartough, Ilorlou, Newell, Prinnle, Studley, 
Wilcox. 

(Downing, of Post 93 ) 

Sth Relief. Duty from 3 to 5 P. M. Past Senior Viee-Commander W. Van H. 
Cortelyou in charge. Comrades Clobridge, Pagan, Fiala, Fisher, Johnson, Lin- 
nekin. ;\Iarphy (John), Newkii'k. Ruth, Souville. 

Gth Relief, Duty from .') to 8 p. M. Aide-de-Camp Phil S Clarke in charge. 
Comrades Demarest, Grcgorj', Marvin, McCormack, Murraj", Orr, Rowley, Rob- 
erts. Whitsou \Vrii,dit. Vail." 

(Ormsby, of Post 93 ) 

7th Relief Duty from 8 to 11 f. m. Color Bearer David A. Pitcher in charge. 
Comrades Bronson, Edmondson, Hendrickson. Keymer, Lippitt, Myers, New- 
comb, Pcavey, Prinde, Van Mater, AValtou, Webb 

8th Relief. Duty from 11 P. M. to 3 a. m. Q. M. S. S. H. Frankenberg in 
charge. Conn-ades Ahlstrom, Barnie. Brown, Cortelyou, Dennis, Dykeman, 
Ham'mell, Jliddlebrook, Raymond, Reid, Walker (C. H). 

GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT, 

Adjutant. Commander. 



SPECIAL ORDERS. 



45 



Com- 
Pratt, 



nEADqnAnTF;RS U. S. Grant Post 327, ) 

Department of New York, G. A. R., |- 

AsTOR House, New York City, August 8, 1885. ) 

[SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 12] 

I. The fonowincT details are announced as Guard of Honor : 

1st Relief. Duty from 2 to .5 A. M., J. V. C. Alfred Cranston in charge, 
rades Burlingame, Barker (G. F.), Fisher, Hands, .Jacobs, Ludlum, Newell, 
Zimmerman. 

2d Relief. Duty from 5 to 8 A. .M., Past Commander George F. Tait in charge. 
Comrades Booth Bronson, Carshaw, Cowan, Cvu-tin, Frost, Kenney, Miller (F. E.). 
Williani'ion, Young. .las Hands. A. B. Lindsley. 

H Past Otficei- of the Guard Wm. \V. Biodie is hereljy detailed on Special 
Guard of Honor in place of C^omrade Past Surgeon George W. Brush, relieved at 
his own reiiuest. 

GEORGE A. PRICE, 

Adjulant. 



H. M. CALVERT, 

Commander. 



REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT, 

Shoioing the number of Ilelkjs of Guard Duty pcvfnrined by the different Comrades 
from TucsdayAng. 4th until SiUurd(ty Aug. Sth. 

[It is only proyier to state that the Commander, the Junior Vice Commander, 
the commissary and Adjutant, when not performing guard duty, were neverthe- 
less constantly on duty.] 



Commander 1 

J. V. Commander 5 

Sui'geon 1 

Adjutant 2 

Q. M Sergeant 1 

Orticer Guard 3 

Commissary 3 

Engineer 5 

C<ilor Bearer 5 

Comrades ; 

Middlebrook 7 

Pringle 7 

Gregory 6 

Hemphill 6 

Jliu'rav, Thos 6 

Newel'l 6 

Cortelyou .5 

Cowan 5 

Demarest 5 

Ilendrickson 5 

Haniuiill o 

Studley .5 

Souvilie 5 

Wight 5 

Williamson 5 

Young .5 

Zimmerman 5 

Alilstrom 4 

Boolh 4 

Brodie 4 

Bronson 4 

Corbctt 4 

Carshaw 4 

Clark 4 



Dykeman 4 

Edmondson 4 

Freeman, Abr'm 4 

Hands 4 

Johnson, E. R 4 

Kenney 4 

Lippitt 4 

Linnekin 5 

Miller, F. E 4 

Myers 4 

Tait 4 

VVhitson 4 

Walker, C. H 4 

Walton 4 

Brown 3 

Barnie 3 

Bates 3 

Camp 3 

Fagan 3 

Fiala 4 

Ilartough 3 

Keymer 8 

Ludlum 3 

Marvin 3 

Miller, J 3 

Murphy, J 3 

Newkirk 3 

Orr 3 

Peavey 3 

Reid 3 

Ravmond 3 

Roberts 3 

Sands 3 

Vail 3 



Wilcox 3 

Burlett 2 

Curtin 2 

Dennis 2 

Frost 2 

Fi.sher 2 

Gates 2 

Horton 2 

Jacobs 2 

Livingston 2 

McCormick 2 

Phipps 2 

Powles 2 

Rowlev 2 

Ruth.." 2 

Smith 2 

Sammis 2 

G F. Barker 

Bnrlingame 

Boles. ^ 

Barrymore 

Colbridge 

Hotchkiss 

Hubbs 

Newcomb 

Osborne 

Pratt 

Rowse 

Sqviires 

Shephard 

M H. Walker 

Webb 



46 MEMORIAL SEEVICES AT BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. 



THE GUARD OF HONOR. 

The forogoiusr coiitaiii.s tlie offieiiil list, revised and cori'ected, of the 
•' Guard of Honor," including tlie special detail designated as 
'•Casket Jiimrersy The portraits of tlie "Casket Bearei-s" are 
sliown in (Trouj) Xo. 2, with Senior Yiee-Comniandcr J. H. Johi\- 
son in the center. S. A'. G. .lolm^on hadconmiand i)f this detail from 
the time of its aiipointment to the eh.ising cerenK)nies at Riverside 
Park, August S. 1S85. 

Group No. 1 consists nf those who went to Mount McGregor 
under "s]>ecial orders," l)ut were not included in the detail known 
as '"Casket Bearers."' A special request was made hy the niemhers 
composing this group that the portrait of Commander Calvert 
should form the center. Tlie group of which Major I'ait forms 
the center was made up of niemhers of three or four details which 
Jie commanded. The groui) with David A. Pitclier in the center 
is com])osed of the Seventh Relief, 8 to 11 p. m., August 7. It 
would have been desirable to have liad the portrait of eveiT mem- 
ber of the Guard of Honor ai)pear in the work, but as many of 
these had been at great ])ei'sonal expense in fulHlling tlie duties to 
which they were appointt'd, they coukl ill ali'ord this additional 
outlay. 



MEMORIAL SERVICES AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY 

OF MUSIC. 

The tinal tribute of respect to the great soldier was paid by the 
Post in the Memorial services held at Brooklyn Acadenn' of Music 
on Tuesday evening, September 2!)tli, 188."). Invitations had been 
sent to several distinguished military and ci\ic! iiuigiiates, and to the 
numerous friends of the Post. Several responded by letter, an;ong 
whom was Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, who has since joined tlie Grand 
Army of Yeterans on the other side of the river. 

Every seat in the body of the building, in the balconies and in 
the galleries, was occupied, and the lobbies were crowded with 
people who coultl not procure places in the extensive auditorium. 
The members of Grant Post iiad places reserved for them in the 
centre of the parcpiet, and directly in front of the stage, and the 
block of seats in the jiarquet was placed at the service of other Grand 
Army Posts. There were sixty-eight |)osts in New York and Brook- 
lyn represented, and many Grand Army posts out of town were 
represented by large delegations. A place of honor was given on 
tlio stage to a dozen members of ileade Post, No. 1, of Philadel- 
phia, with which Gen. Gi-ant was connected. The Academy stage 
and the boxes were profusely draped with crape, and at the rear of 





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Vv H, BAHKER G W BRUoH M U G J COLLINS 





KELVEY. a F. MACKELLAR 



GROUP No. 2. 

^^i^Ii^!T>.^^'; ' ;?.'.:'' V'*' ) CAS K r t r k a r i-: r s 

' 'F 

OrARD OF HONOR. 



July,'5 to Aut;. i. ' I 



C'APITOI., ALBANY. 
Aug i to 3- 



I'lTV II M [ . Nfw VeUK. 
Au-Mist 5 I..S, 

UlVIHsIDK I'AHK, 

August «. 



MEMOEIAL SERVICES AT BKOOKT.TX ATADKMV OF MUSIC. 4Y 

the stncje a picture of (tcii. (ii-aiit. liciivilv framed in black, was one 
of the most prominent features. 

Tlie proceed in us were opened at 7:30 d'clock witli a iinisical pre- 
lude l)y Dodworth's Band. The i)ro<>rainme o)icned with iiospel 
livmns.'then followed the " Hero's Memoriam," and linallythe Sane- 
ti'isfruui the Messe Sollonelle. A few minutes after 8 o'clock the 
curtain of the stage was rolled up and the ser\'ices were hegun in 
reality. The stage was crowded tn its full depth with invited 
quest's. Two rows of seats in front were occupied hy the thirteen 
memhers of the Post who composed the guard of honor at IMouiit 
McGregor. These gentlemen were Senior Vice-Commander J. II. 
Jolmsoii, v.. R. Corwin, Noah TeM)etts. J. P. Ilowatt, Willie 
McDonald, H. W. Knight. R.B. Gwillim. F. ]5. Mackellar. Geoigc 
B. Squires, George ^\ . I>rusli, W. H. Barker, N. J. McKelvey and 
Georo-o I. Collins. Among the guests who occupied places on the 
stage were Judge C!ochi'ane, of Toledo. O. : <4ov. Leon Ahhott. of 
New Jersey, with his staff, consisting of (icii. Weston. Col. IlepjK'n- 
hauer. Col. Taylor and Col. Pomain ; (icn. .1. ('. Lane, of Penn.'^yl- 
vania ; the Rev. J. P.Newman, 1). I).. Senior Department Vice- 
Commander C. W. Cowtan and stall, (ien. Horatio C. King, Gen. 
Horace Porter, the orator of the oeea-ion. Gen. Stewart L. Wood- 
ford, Mayor Low, Ccunptroller Briidierholf, dnhn AVinslow, .lesM' 
Johnson,' C. C. Martin, the Chief Engineer of the Bridge, Theo- 
]>liilus (.)U'na, Tax Collector .lames Tanner, Su|)erintendent of Police 
Patrick Camjibell, Henry E. Pierrepont, Col. C. N. S|iragne, Evan 
L. Sprague, ex-.Iudge Samuel Morris, tlie Pcv. L. J. Foote, Col. W. 
J. Martin, William Riehai'dson, vSidney Ijowell, all the memhei's (it 
the Board of Aldermen, and memliers of the Boanl of vSnperviscii-s, 
William Harkuess, and many utlier- of note. In <>ne of the draped 
|jroscenium boxes sat Col. Fred. (Trant and his wife, with Jo.seph 
F. Kiiapp, William H. Lyon and the Jiev. Di-. i'almer. The front 
of the stage was decorated with floral tlesigns, one of the most 
noticeable being ,a large crown in white Howers and surmounted by 
a ci'oss. The opening proceedings were under the conduct of Com- 
rade B. R. Corwin, the Chaii-man of the Committee of Ari'ange- 
nients. As the curtain was r<illeil n|i Mi'. W. C. Boweii, the coi- 
netist of Dodworth's Band, l)egan playing " The Lost Chord," with 
full orchestral accompaniment. Then Majni' ('ui-\vin announced 
that letters of regret had been recei\ed li-duj Pi't'sident Cleveland. 
Gov. Hill, the Commander of tlie(i..\. K., tlii^ L)e]iai'tment Com- 
mander, (Ten. H. W. Slocum, (-ien. VV. S. Hancock, the Rev. Dr. 
Storrs, and many others. The Am])hion Mnsk-al Society, under the 
leadership of Mr. (J. Mortimer Wiske, and accom[ianieil on the 
organ by Mr. E. LL Hari'ison. sang " Integer Vitre." 

Mayor Low was then introduced as the first speaker by ALijur 
Corwin, who said that no one was better fitted to give expression to 
the feelings of the residents of the City of Churches and the City of 
Homes concerning the dead comrade of the members of the Grand 
Army of the Republic Said he : 



48 MEMORIAL SERVICES AT BEOOKLTN ACADEMY OF MrSIC. 

]| is good for us to lie liure to iiiiilil to refrcsli our own patriotism by the 
remembrance of his patriotic services, ami to reiu\ igorate our manhood by regard- 
ing his character. It was in Brooklyn, on Decoration Day of last year, tliat the 
old General appeared for the last time, and on a public occasion, in the midst of 
the people whom he loved so well. We were permitted to know that the warmth 
of the welcome which he received from the people of Brooklyn at that lime was a 
frequent source of happiness to him in the clo.sing moments of his life. It was 
the tirst of the many (latriotic evidences of the popular affection which showed 
him how near he was to the heart of llie American people. Bronklyn owes much, 
I think, to the imblic spirit of .lo-epli F. Knajip and his accomplished wife, who 
threw open their doors and gave to Gen. Grant on that occasion and to his gallant 
conuade in arms, Gen. Sheridan, a hospitality worlhy of the C'ily of Homes. I 
hope that their patriotic spirit may have many imitators in the City of Brooklyn. 
To the reception of that day we owe the singularly welcome honor that this post 
was designateil by the family of Gen. Grant to act as a guard of honor about the 
sacred remains of the nation's dead. There are two points in the life lesson of 
Gen Grant to which I would particularly call your attention to-night. Gen. 
Grant has staled that the cause for which tlie South look up arms was the worst 
cause in behalf of which good men had ever drawn the sword. That statement 
manifested the spirit of Gen. Grant at the head of the Union Army. The .senti- 
ment which controlled Gen Grant as a soldier was that the cause of union was the 
cau.se of humanity. This is was nerved him on every field. He felt the jo_v that 
a warrior must feel in a foemau worth}' of his steel, but the spirit of the soldier 
never dominated the heart of the patriot. He was never so m\ich an American 
citizen as when, at Aiipomattox, he said to his former foes, "Take your horses 
home with you : you will need them for the spiing plowing." I wish that you 
and I were .surcharged with the .same conviction as he had. that the cause of 
popular government is the cau.se of humanity. This was the conviction that 
stirred Gen. Grant to his greatest achievements, and I appeal to you, men of 
Brooklyn, to charge yourselves with this conviction. I ask you and appeal to 
you to choo.se honesty above partisanship in public affairs and in private affairs, 
and show that the type of American citizenshi)) in cities is as grand as the type of 
American citizenship on the Held of Appomatto.x. There is one more point in 
Gen Grant's career to which I would fain call your attention. You remember 
what Gen. Grant did at the field of Appomatto.x. ^Vhen he was assured that the 
last flickering hopes of the lost cau.se had gone out he remembered that those who 
supported it were his countrymen. On the very field where he obliterated the 
cause for which the men of the South fought, there, upon the same field, he had 
sown the seeds from which .sprang a stronger union. This was true patriotism. 

Doilwortli'.s liaiid i>liiyed Mendelssoliii's " Vale of Rest," and 
then General Stewart L. AVoodfofd was intfodiieed as the next 
speaker. He referred to the liuiiible hegimiing of General Grant 
and l)riefiy traced his career, step bv step, from his entry into public 
life until tlie nations of the earth united to do him honor. Said he: 
"The spring of ISfil found him tiie comparatively unknown citizen 
of a quiet iidaiul Illinois town, 39 years of age. Measured by the 
standards of Inimttn .'success, iiis life at that hour had be<;n unsuccess- 
ful." The speaker then briefly' reviewed the life and character of 
the great (General, of the almost unsurmountable obstacles he over- 
came, and of his final triumph and success, yielding at last to the 
grim messenger of death with a (juiet Christian resignation. 

The Amphion Society then sang "There is a Blessed Home," 
;ind the ritual of the dead of the Grand Army was chanted. This 
was preceded by ;i dirge played by Dodworth's Band, which chose 
the Dead March from Saul, and the Amidiion sang "Nearer, my 
God to Thee." The following was the service: 



MEMOEIAL SEEVICES AT BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. 49 

Post Commander H. G. Calvert— Adjutant, for what purpose is this meeting 
called ? 

Adjutant Geor.iie B. Squires— To jiay our tribute of respect to the memory of 
our late comrade, Ulysses S. Grant. 

Post Commander Calvert— Have you a record of his service in the catise of 
our country, and in the Grand Army of the Picpublic ? 

Adjutant Squires— Commander, I have. 
' Post Commander Calvert — You will read it. 

The Adjutant then read a biief synopsis of Gen. Grant's life record. 
[The drummer then beat three rolls upon a nuiffled ilrum.] 
Post Commander Calvert— The record is an honorable one. and as the memory 
of all faithful scjldiers of the Rei)ublic should lie cherished and their records pre- 
served I direct that it be placed in the archives of the Post for future reference. 
Chaplain R. B. Gwillim— " What man is he that liveth and shall not see 
death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? If a man die, shall 
he live a^ain? " 

Chanf — ".Jesus Christ said. 'I am the Resurrection and the Life. lie that 
believeth in ^le, tliou<ih he were dead, 3-et shall he live. And he that liveth and 
believeth in Me shall never die.' " 

Amphion Society. 
Chaplain Gwillim— "Let not your heart be troubled. Ye hclieve in God; 
believe also in me. In ily Father's house are many mansions. I go to prepare a 
place for you " 

Chant — "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Yea. saith the Spirit, for 
they rest from their labors." 

Amphion Society. 
Chaplain Gwillim — " They .shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more." 
Chant — " Neither shall the sun light on them, nor an}' heat." 

Amphion Society. 
Chaplain Gwillim — " For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall 
feed them, and lead them luito living fountains of water " 

Chant — "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." 

Amphion Society. 
Chaplain Gwillim — " There shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying ; 
neither shall there be any more pain." 

Chant — " For the former things have passed away." 
Amphion Society. 

"Rest, Spirit, Rest," was j)laye(l hy tlie liand. after wliicli the 
Aiiipliidii Society sang in its cliaraetei-istic tiiiislicd maimer, "Aliide 
witii Me." Tiieii tile Rev. J. R Newman, D. D., the spiritual 
adviser of tiie dead hero, offered n]> prayer, 

Tlie ne.xt speaker was Gen. Horace Rorter, wjio liad served on 
tlie staff of Gen Grant dtirin;;- tiie \v;ir ant! ;is liis Private Secretary 
dnrini;- liis (Grant's) administration as Rresiilent of tlie United 
States. Few nicn knew General Grant more intiniately or litid a 
keener insight into his character. All the prominent traits of his 
character as developed during a long and bloody war were Itrought 
out in strong relief by the speaker. lie said that Grant was a man 
of peace, that he hated war. Said lie : 

We always look at Grant as a soldier. Yet by a strange contrast, there was 
never a more peaceful heart. No man rejoiced so much as he when hostilities 
ceased. As President he urged the ratification of the fifteenth amendment. When 
the Virginius aff.air took place most statesmen thought war was inevitable. For- 
tunately, we hud a President who by jiatiencc forbearance and steady courage, 
obtained a full and peaceful reparation from Spain. The minds of the people were 
aflame at the conduct of Great Britain durinn- the war 'War was thcmght to be 
popular. Grant thought otherwise He finally succeeded in liMving'the joint 
commission appointed, and followed it with the "great meeting at Geneva, where 



.•>ll MEMORIAL SERVICES AT BROOKI.VN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. 

Uic Uiiitod States were fuDv rci'om[icnsc(l ;ni(l ^l."), 1100,0(10 rcccivctl. I know that 
Gen. Grant IVll proinkT »( llial trinniiili llian ;iny snccess on the licld of bat- 
tle. In that great lour of his around the world he invarial)ly refused invitations 
to witness all reviews and niaiueuvres of troops, lie said he eiijoj'ed more look- 
ing at the farmers and other evidunees of pcaeefid prospcril}'. 'I'he hist sentence 
in his letter of aeeeptance to the convention that first nominated him for the Presi- 
dency w'as not written at random, but was a true utterance of his heart. It was ; 

Let us have peace. 

(icii. I'ciftcr i-ccci\cil a jicrFcct (.i\afi()ii (if tiiiimlttiotis a])])latise as 
he coiiclinlcil. 'I'licii the i-ctictiiiii set in and a soli'iiiti stilliics.s ])cr- 
vadc'd llic iiniDfiisf aiiditi)fiiini. 'I'lic silciice was hmkeii li_y liw 
o])('iiiiio- lines of the I)oxolo<>:_y, intoned hj the entife as.senibltioe. 
Affefwai'ds the followino' fonniila wa.s gone thfoiioli with: 

Post Commander — Senior Vice-Commander, liow .should all men live? 

Senior Vice-Coinmander — With trust in God and love for one another. 

Post Commander — Junior Vicu-Commaudcr, how should comrades of the Grand 
Army live? 

.Junior Vice-Commander — Having on the wliole armor of God. thai they ma}' be 
able to withstand in the evil day. 

Post Connnandca-— The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 

Comrades — We thank (jlod, who giveth us th(! victory through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. ^ J » 

Post Commander— May the Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, keep us by 
His gracious jiresence amid the contlicts of our mortal life, and at last receive us 
into everlasting peace. 

Comrades— .Vmen ! 

Post Commander — I now declare this post closed. 

The Anipliion Society elianted "Nune Diniittis," the last "camp 
call" ("lights out") was weifdlv sounded, and the gfeat gathering 
slowly dispei-sed. 



|iif§ra)jl]ifa( .Skctrljcs. 



HENRY MURRAY CALVERT. 

COMMANDER, 

Was born at St. Lncia, one of the British West India Islands on 
tlie twenty-eighth of Marcli, lS3i. lie received a lilieral education 
in England and cnine to America in ISO'i, in tlie midst of the civil 
war. 

Having been favoralilj impressed with onr free institutions, he 
determined at once to offer his services in defense of the Union ; 
and on the seventeenth of A])ril, 1S()2, he enlisted for three years, 
as private in company F, Scott's Nine Hundred Volunteer Cavalry, 
subsequently known as the Eleventh New York Cavalry. The regi- 
ment was named in honor of Pennsylvania's Railroad King, who was 
at that time Assistant-Secretai'y of War. It was commanded by 
Colonel James B. Swain, a distinguished New York journalist. Mr. 
Calvert remained with liis regiment in the defense of Washington 
until the winter of lSi)2-o, when his company, F, together with E and 
I, were ordered to Boolesville, Md., and for some months did picket 
dutj' on the fords of the Potomac river. (_)n the seventeenth of 
June, the detachment joined the Aiany of the Potomac at Harper's 
Ferry, and was at Fredei-ick City, when the battle of Gettysburg 
was fought. Soon after this, it was assigned l)y General Ploasanton 
to General Gregg's division of cavalry, and with two detachments of 
the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Pennsylvania C.ivalry formed into a 
regiment under tlie leadership of Major Kerwin of the Thirteenth. 
From that time forward for several weeks the men "lived in tlie 
saddle," and were constantly engaged in j)icketing, scouting and 
other hazardous duties, and being without shelter tents, were fre- 
quently drenched to the skin for days at a time with the heavy 
rains. They probably formed the first Union pickets on the Rappa- 
hannock, after the battle of Gettysburg, and were in close proximity 
to tlie rebel pickets who were on the opposite side of the river. 

During this period. Colonel Swain who was very ])opular with the 
men was removed from his command througli political intiuence, and 
Mr. Calvert, who was then Orderly Sergeant of Company F, called 
a meeting of orderly sergeants and counseled the presentation of a 
petiticjn to President Lincoln having for its object the re-instatement 
of the colonel or his trial by court martial. This was signed by 400 
members of the regiment and presented in person to the Presid- 

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52 BIOGRAI'IIICAI, SKE'lCriKS. 

ent by Orderly Serjijeant Calvert. It was " courteously received and 
referred to tlie War Department." 

On tlie .same moriiiiif^ Seri^eaiit Calvert took the rosponsiljilitv of 
piaciiii;; tlie llai;; at iR'adijuarters, atiialf mast, at the same tunc eiijoiii- 
iiif^ secrecty nii the part of his comrades. For this act (the perpe- 
trator of which was subsequently found out) iiis commis>ion as Lieu- 
tenant to which he was justly entitled was delayed until February 
21, 1SC5, when his former colonel had been made Engineer-in-Chief 
of the State of New York and procured it for him. 

His regiment was subse(|uently assigned to the Army of the (inlf, 
where it had a varied experience in the land of mocking-birds, guer- 
rillas, chilis, alligators and mtu^casins. It was used extensively in 
breaking up the predatt)ry and partisan bands that infested the eastern 
side of the Mississippi after the fall of Vicksburgand Port Hudson. 
It then passed into the Army of the (Juniberlaud, guarding the 
Memphis and Charleston railroad, raiding occasionally tlii-ougli 
Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi and assisting to caj)ture Hood's 
broken forces after their rout by Thomas at Nashville. 

Jjieutcuaut (Calvert was mustcretl out of service with his regiment 
on July 'Jl, I8()5, and soon after entered the counting-room of 
H. I>. Olatliu iSc Co., New York, where for a number of years, he 
has occupied the responsible position of disbursing clerk, upwards of 
$40,0l)0,()()0 annually passing his haiuls. 

Mr. Calvert was one of the charter members of Post ',i27 and is 
one of the most active? and ardent supporters of all measures pertain- 
ing to the atlvaucement of the C A. K. On Decoration Day, JNfay 
30, ISSi, he was "orator of the day," at the tomb of the Martyrs at 
Fort Greene. The oration evinced much historical research and 
contained man}' new and interesting facts pertaining to revolu- 
tionary events and the early history of Brooklyn. The oration was 
j)nl)lislieil in full in the January, 1885, nund>er of the ''Pirooklyn 
Advance." 

Mr. Calvert was married on the seventeenth of I'Vibruary, 1SG7, to 
Miss Annie A. Bennett, of New York City. 

During the Grant obsequies Commander Calvert had charge of 
Fourth Relief at the City Hall, New York, on August (i, from 11 
A. M. to y V. M., and, as Commander, took chai'ge of the Post on the 
day of the Funeral, x\ugust 8, accompanying the remains to River- 
side Pai'k. 



LIEUT. JOHN H. JOHNSON, 

SENIOR VICECOMMANDEE, 

Was born in Chicago, III., on the nineteenth of October, 1S44. He 
removed to New York with his parents in infancy, and was edu- 
cated at the public schools. Previous to the war he was drummer 
boy iu Company A of the Old City Guard, known as Second Regi- 



KIOQRAPUICAL SKETCHES. 53 

-t:ite Militia. On the Iwoiuy-tirst of April, iS61, 
I'aiineiit to the fvout on three iiiontlis servio<;, and 
first battle. of Siill Run. 

i-st of Decciulier. 18f>3, he enlistel ns pri^■ate in 

New York (Uncolv!; Ca^'alry. for throe years. 

; i,f - -i-, , ,; '.i <::n\[t tinder Generals Avoi'eil. Ciis- 

:iii i ." Hi; puriii-ipated 'v the b;itties of 

'' ■, (^rinvn's (iap, Piedmont, 

Fivt- I•^l.■•ks, and a ninuber 

.\i. til;; l.i.iiii-: ■- L \\ 'Vfi-? vi>iinded in the 

, ,-nr viid ii.i'hi- ■ '^■: -i^ .il- i::no of service 

!;v n^- .! i,,st ■■ day f r. i.»ii tlio sixieenth 

,;i; ,!■•■■, :^f;.i. iio was i ; ,., . . . , ■■m:!',.. lint not mus- 

?<'«■;■■. '>:< Hk! seventii of ,!,,!), !.^"- !: .v.^:- ! :;ii.!-ii.!_-i dis.-'lin-o'ed. 

•;t of eav;,' ; ■i;)..,: ■''."■.; DiviCfon. 

■V tne "•! '■ 1 •:. ■;■ •tk';-;;- ;, .ivc !if ids 

^:.:. :iiv Kii'lis.i'. ■'._<■ .'.!■:.• r ;•;' rijdid, the 

.-. All 1 a^]. i. -■; ,:,V , ,,,;..- ..,.,;■ bc 

. ;-;r-,.n :■ of t!ie Third ^ .>,■■..•_':■ i >i--.;;;..i;, y M'ii has 

-'■'■■ '■■<■■■ :iy field, and has i- :;■ -im:: •■•.;, _,,,.: rii,r th.; 



v.k:.-. 



It; 



:!.>^!>;i wa.-; 



Oil rhe ni, -''. i ■■■■ ::• ;. .:;■; \r . - M:!!i;i K. 

\f.irrell, of Br(H,iv: . •:, ^ l. tut;. ■:; ;' .i ' ' !. 'i.ii'ii' i V ii.ja ii. 

JJoiitcnant Johnson Ava^^ nnw .,f i';t^ -m -ri,; r ,:.,■:,.:,.:.;, i.f !\,>| 2^7. 

ifo was elected Jiiidor Tfc i-i-i ;, l^^^.•• '-^"idor Vii'e- 

'f ' ;;•• ■ -'der in 1SS5. Re ; :!;■ :,i,i. >- ■ . • <^.-:-, vu i Liidi;e 

. A. Af., and Grecnw.x'id rh,i!>;i,.r ^-T'^^ U . ■■■, *,' 

.,,,..,1.1?:; .1 >i;n.^o!i was in eondiHUi'i ■■: '!.: !;:.•■:(■.■• !vi>i''s^ nia- 

'"■'■rsof U. S. Po:^i 3:i7 Nvhicdi "i)n!;i.!-^rd r-^ ■ :i,idy ifiiuru iv.T ?h<. 

; ^•.•,:!nsof G-ener:d (rnnt. and i ui ■' -'lartre of thu b.i.iv ii-oi-i 

-•:i!e it was laid ont ai j! mv:^ , until it was def>.;:»ii.:d 

rib at Riverside, ile acewaipanied tiic renjaiMn fo thiii- 

. !;'-place. 



IdEUTENANT ALFRi^D CRANSrOV. 



■irxIOK VICK-C OJl MAN1IF7., 



ill, Ga., December 2S, IStO. Removi'd with hi.; 
;n cliildhood. 

"listed as private in Ci.nnpanv I. Fourteenth 
"^tate Miiitia, lor three vears. On the s<?ve7,- 



BIOGKAI'HICAL SKETCHES. 53 

ment New York State Militia. 0:i tlie twenty-first of April, 1S61, 
he went with his reifiineiit to the front on three niontlis service, and 
particijiatud in the Hrst hattle of Bull linn. 

On the twenty-first of December, lSil3. he enlisted as private in 
K Company First New York (Lincohi) Cavalry, for three years. 
During this period he served as scout under Generals Averell, Cus- 
ter, Stevenson and Sheridan. He participated in the buttles of 
Bunker Hill, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Brown's Gap, Piedmont, 
Mount Jackson, Cedar Creek, Nineveh, Five Forks, and a numher 
of skirmishes. At the battle of Winciicster he was wounded in tlie 
left breast, but did not leave the field. During jn's time of service 
he never lost a day from sickness or other causes. On the si.xteenth 
of July, 18(34-, he was commissioned First Lieutenatit, but not mus- 
tered. On the seventh of Jul)', 1805, he was iionoraldy discharged. 

His regiment of cavalry was connected with the T!]ird Division, 
commanded by the gallant Gt'ii. Custer, who, in taking leave of his 
old comrades, >aid : '"Now that the duties of thesoldier are ended, the 
work of the historian begins. All I ask is that my name may be 
written as commander of tlie Third (Javalry Division, which has 
never been beaten in any field, and has ca])tiired every gun that the 
enemy dared turn npon it." 

On the twenty-first of December, 1865, Lieutenant Johnson was 
appointed patrobn;in in the Metropolitan Police Department, and 
assigneil lo the Forty-eighth Precinct of J'rooklyn. He was pro- 
moted P()undsm;in March 10, 1S69, Acting Sergeant December ], 
1873, and Commanding Seig-eant April 23, 1875, and assigned to the 
command of the Monnted Squad. 

On the nineteenth of October, 18(18, he married Miss Mai'ia E. 
Morrell, of ])rooklyn, N. Y. Tliey have one child, named Viola H. 

Lieutenant Johnson was one of the charter mend)ers of Post 327. 
He was elected Junior Vice-(Jommander in 1881, and Senior Vice- 
Cdmmander in 1885. He is also a member of Greenwood Lodge 
509 F. & A. M., and Greenwood Chapter 205 R. A. M. 

Lieutenant Johnson was in command of the thirteen representa- 
tives of U. S. Post 327 which composed the body guard over the 
remains of General Grant, ami had the sole charge of the body from 
the time it was laid out at Mount McGregoi' until it was deposited 
in the tomb at Riverside. He accompanied the remains to their 
final resting-place. 



LIEUTENANT ALFRED CRANSTON, 

•IPNIOR VICE-COMJrAXriEE, 

Was born in Savannah, Ga., December 28, IS-tO. Removed with his 
parents to New Yoi'k in childhood. 

In June, 1801. he enlisted as jirivate in Company I, FdUi'teenth 
Regiment New York State Militia, for three years. On the seven- 



5i BIOGKAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

teentli of September, ISO I, he was commissioned Second Lieuten- 
ant. He participated in the first battle of Bull Run, Cedar Moun- 
tain, Second Bull Run, Cliancellorsville, Chantilly, Soutii Mountain, 
Antietam, First and Second Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Eraiidreth's 
Station, Rappahannock's station. Mine Run, Wilderness and Spott- 
sylvania. At Second Bull Run, he was wounded in the thigh. lie 
was mustered out of service, .June 31), 1864. 

In lS6i, he married Elizabeth Petfoi-d, of New York. They 
have two children, viz. : A. Petford and Ella M. 

Lieutenant Cranston was one of the charter members of Post 
327. He was elected Junior Vice-Commander in 1885. He was 
appointed a member of the " Relief Guard " under order No 6, 
August i, while the remains of General Grant lay in state at Albany 
and remained on duty until the closing ceremonies of August S. 
He was in command of First Relief at Alijany, August 5, Second 
Relief at New York, August 5, Third Relief August 6 and Second 
Relief August 7. 



SERGEANT MAJOR GEORGE A. PRICE, 

ADJUTANT. 

The Aniei'ican ancestors of Mr. Price came from England in the 
eai-ly pai't of the eighteenth century, and settled in Litchfield Co., 
Conn. The town records of Norwalk, Conn., show that his ancestors 
bore a conspicuous ])art in the struggles of the early colonists. 
The piternai grandfather of Mr. Price removed to tliat part of 
Tioga, now known as Broome Co., N. Y., in 17U5, and purchased for 
the sum of $00 a tract of 100 acres on condition that ]w should 
ojien a road through the woods for a certain distance. This was 
near the present town of Bingliamton, known at that time as Point 
Chenango. There was then but one white settlement in the local- 
ity. Tlie Oneida and Tuscarora tri!)es of Indians still inhabited a 
portion of the country, although they had dis|)osed of their lands 
some ten years previous. The parents of Mi'. Price are still living 
and reside in Irocpiois (Jounty, Illinois. 

Adjutant Price, the subject of this sketch, was born in Broome 
Co., N. Y., on November 4th, 1839. He attended the public schools 
of his native town (Vestral), and at the age of twelve years, came 
to New York. Previous to the war, he was engaged in the hat 
manufacturing business. 

On the eighteenth of April, 1S(!1, he joined Company E, Seventh 
Regiment, New York State Militia, and accompanied it to Washing- 
ton, whore he remained for forty days. On his return to New York, 
he obtained an uidimited furlough, so as to enable him to join an}' 
other rciriment enga<red in active service. 

In July following, while on a visit with friends in Irotpiois Co., 111., 
he assisted in raising Company M, of the Ninth Illinois Cavalry, 



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BIOGKAPIIICAI. SKKTCIIKS. 55 

;iiiil was iiiiiii('(]i{itclv appointed Sui'mjant ot thu (rdinpany. lie was 
iniistci'cd ill at ( 'iiieaijo tui Novoinhcr .'idtli, Isdl, for tlircH^ years or 
the war. I h' ac('om|)aiiied lii.s l•('^iln^nt to l!atcs\illc, Ari<.. and 
reportcMl to CiuiuTal ( 'nrtis. In .hnic, l^<iL', lie was appointed 
Seri^eaiit. ^^aior. lli,' jiarticipated in a nnndjer of small eiiijaije- 
nieiits ainoni^ wiiicli was that of Waildell J'lantation. 'I'lic expo- 
sure to the malarious iiiHueiices of Arkansas swamps, hroiii^ht on 
serious illness, wliich coinjielled him to .sever his eoiiiieotioii with the 
army and retire to i)rivate life nnieli ai;'ainst his wishes aiul inclina- 
tions. 

His Ijrother, B. F. Price, who is at present Treasiu-er of Inxpiois 
Connty, 111., vvas in the same reijiinent (Company M ). lie was 
wounded at (iuiitown, Miss, (while in Sturiris' Divison). -lune Id, 
]S04. He was struck by a musket hall in the left arm. and I(m1c in 
ftrem|)his, Tenn., a distance of 12.") nnles, where he had his arm 
amputated. lit? had nothini!,- to eat dui'in^' the entii'e journey. 

in .lanuary, IS*!:', the snljjeet of this sketch returned to New 
^'oi'k, ami resumed his former business. In f'chruary, I SI! I, lu> 
became a inend^er of the iirm of IJii^low iV ( 'o.. Hatters and l'"ur- 
riers, IJrooklyn. In ls<j'.>. the firm was i-e-ori^'ani/.ed under I Ik; 
name of Iialeli, Price ik (Jo., now (Uie of the hiri^-est houses of the 
kiml in Itrooklyii, located at 3T<! I'"idton sti'cet. 

On February 15th, ISfio, Mr. Price married Miss Adelaide A. 
Went/,, of IJin^fhainton, N. V. 'I'hey have had three children, two 
of whom are now liviiiif, viz. : Ilcmry A. and Frank. I. 

Mr. Price is one of the most active and eaiaiesl, woi'ki;r.-^ in the 
ranks of the (i. A. li. In January, IS.S."), he was a])|)ointed Adju- 
tant of the Post, and has proved liims('lf an abh- and ellicient ollicer. 
Ho is a member of the Seventh lie^fiment War Veteran Association, 
N. (t. S. N. Y., also a nuMfdicr of the .\cw MuLihind Society of 
Brooklyn. 

While tlie remains of Getieral <irant lay in stat(rat thi^ ('a])itol ;it 
Albany, Adjutant Price had commarul <>( tin- Second Relief from 5 
to 8 A. M., Aiif^ust 5, and accomjianied the remain^ to the tinal resl- 
innj place at Jtiverside on the 8th. ( Jreat cr(;dit is due to him for 
his zeal and activity displayed in the j)i'eliminary arrane;(;nienls for 
the memorial services held at the Acad(;my of Music on the evi'U 
ing of September 2'JtIi, 188.5. 



T. W. 'r()|'llAM, M, I).. 
8i'U';i:o,\. 



Was born in Webster, Mass., on ,\pril Itth 1842. Ife reciiveil his 
prepai'atory education at Webster, and wa;-i ^.^raduatcd from the 
High School at Xewark, N. J., in 1.8.">!i Soon after this he joined 
the army, and on May 27tli. 1801. be was enrolled ah private in 



5fi BTOGRAPmCAI. SKETCHES. 

Company C, Seeoiu] lii-Liiiiieiit New Jersey \'(:)luiiteers, for tliree 
years or tlio war. He took part in the first battle of Bull Run, 
West Point, Gaines' Mills, White Oak Swamp, Charles City Cross 
Roads, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run. South Mountain, First and 
Second Frederickshurjr, Salem Heights, (-iettyshurg. Mine Run, 
Laurel Hill, Wilderness and Spottsylvania. 

At the second battle of Bull Run he had four of his rihs fi'ac- 
tured by a shell, and was confined to the hospital for over a month. 
Was promoted Corporal on the battle field, and afterwards Second 
Sergeant. He was mustered out of .service July •2]st. 1S64. 

In 1870 he removed to Indianai)olis, Ind.. and entered thi' 
Indiana College of Piiysicians and Surgeons. lie was graduated 
in 1S73. He practiced for a time in Indianapolis, and was con- 
nected with the National Surgical Institute. On January, 1884, he 
removed to Brooklyn, where he has siiici' continued the practice of 
his profession. He was elected Surgeon of the Post the same year 
to fill a vacancy, and re-elected foi' tlie year 1885. 



R. B. GWILLIM, 

CHAPLAIN, 

Was born in Wales, November 29, 1838. In 1840 his parents came 
to New York, and here he lived for si.x years, when he removed 
to Hartford, Conn., where he received a thorough schooling, 
graduating at the Hartford High School, one of the best institutions 
in the country. When the war broke out he was a teacher in Bacon 
Academy at Colchester, Conn., one of the prettiest towns in New 
England. During those exciting days, when town meetings were 
held, and the iiatriotism of the country was roused, and appeals 
made for the support of the Government, the young man of 22 
made his maiden public speech at one of these meetings, eloquently 
a|)pealing to the young moi of his locality, and he threw himself 
into heai'ty sympathy with the grand movement of the times. 

His ambition for a college education held him until the news of 
tlie second battle of Bull Run. The very week he had planned to 
enter college, he threw u|i all his plans of stud}', and enlisted as a 
private in Company P] of the Twenty-second Connecticut Regiment. 

The regiment went from Hartford, and contained young men 
from some of the best families in the State. » They were in camp 
at Miners Hill, Virginia, dui-ing the winter, picketing the country 
in that direction. In February, went to Arlington, and did guard 
duty at Long Bridge for a month ; then went down to the siege of 
Suffolk, in which they took an active part. And when the siege 
was raised by the withdrawal of Longstreet, they went to West 
Point, then Yorktown, then marched up the Peninsula, making a 
strong demonstration against Richmond at the time Lee was raiding 



BIOGRAPHirAL SKETCHES. 1 

into Peniifvlvania. The expedition was snecessfnl in flestroying 
many miles' of railroad, and in so threateniiiij; tlie rehel capital, that 
Jefferson Davis sent a message to Lee, informing him of the great 
danger Richmond was in, wliicli message was captured on the second 
day'"i)f the battle of Gettysburg, and is said to have strengthened 
General ]\Ieade in an hour of wavering as to wliether he would tight 
it out as lie did, or fall back to the place where he had designed to 
give battle at. He came l)ack witii his regiment as corporal, and the 
regiment was mustered out at Hartford in July. 1863. 

Resuming his interrupted plans for a college education, he 
entered Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., in September, 
1863, where he graduated in 1866. iiaving, however, spent the long 
summer vacation of 1864 as clerk in t]ie\var department at Wash- 
ington. For two years after his graduation he was engaged as Pro- 
( fessor in the High' School in Hartford, having charge of the niathe- 
matics. He then commenced the study of law in the otRce of 
Clianiberlin it Hall, in Hartford, and was admitted to the bar in 
1869, and soon after became a partner in the law firm of Hon. S.W. 
Kellogg, at Waterbury, Conn., Mctnber of Congress for that dis- 
trict. '^ He remained "in Waterbury until May, 1874, wheti he 
removed to Xew York City. His 'specialty has been comniercial 
law, in which be has been remarkably successful, and now enjoys a 
large and lucrative practice. 

In April, 1875, he married Catharine H. Johnston, a daughter of 
James C. Johnston, formerly one of the largest importers in New 
York City. He still keeps up bis old army associations, has served 
as historian on the occasion of several i-eunions of his regiment, and 
in addition to his connection with Grant Post 327, is a member of 
the Society of the Army of the Potomac. 

Mr. Gwiilim went to Mount McGregor as one of the Honor Guard 
of General Grant on the twenty-lifth of July, 1885, two days after 
his death, and remained in that capacity until the iiody was finally 
entomlied at Riverside Park. He has written a history of the 
Honor Guard. 



WILLIS McDonald, 



QUARTERMASTER, 



Was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., on the twentyfiftii of October, 1841. 
Pi-evious to the war, he removed to Xorwalk, Conn. 

On the ninth of August, 1862, he enlisted for three years as priv- 
ate in Company F Seventeenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, 
and was appointed Sergeant in January, 1863. After partici)iating 
in the battles of Chancellorsviile and Gettysburg, his regiment 
was ordered to Moriis Island, S. C, and was attached to the Tenth 
Army Corps. lu the spring of 1S64, it was ordered to Florida and 



61S IJKWJRAPIIICAL SKETCHES. 

remained tliere until the close of the war. The regiment was 
divided into detachments, scattered through diti'erent )iarts of the 
State, and took part in several engagements. Mr. McDonald was 
mustered out of service with his I'egiment on the sixth of August, 
1S65, at New Haven, Conn. 

In 1866, he married Miss Mary E. Cole, of Norwalk, Conn. They 
iiave three children, viz. : Nellie, Willis and Frank. 

At the close of the wai', lie returned to JJrooklyn. and was 
employed foi' a time as hookkeepei-. In ISTO, lie establislied the 
printing and stationery business of McDonald Bros., in New York 
City, which was subsequently changed to Willis McDonald & Co. 
The firm recently bought out the business of Baker & Godwin, 
which is still carried on at the old location No. '2;") Park Row, where 
it has remained for thirty years. 

On his return to civil life, Mr. McDonald continued his military . 
connections, and in 1S75, he joined the famous Seventh Regiment 
N. G. S. N. Y., in which he served for seven years. He is at pres- 
ent a member of tlie Seventh Regiment Veteran Association. 

He is one of the most active members of U. S. Grant Post .■>27, 
and foremost in every effort to advance its interests. He was elected 
Quartermaster in December, 18S4-, and has continued to fill the posi- 
tion to the entire satisfaction of his comrades. He is a liberal con- 
tributor to every worthy object of benevolence. He is a mem- 
ber of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and of Providence 
Union. 

He is a man of pleasing address, frank and outspoken, and exceed- 
ingly po]iular among liis associates. His business ability is shown in 
the fact, that at the close of the war, he had nothing on which to 
commence anew the struggle of life except his pluck and energy, 
and he is now the proprietor of one of the oldest and largest print- 
ing establishments in New York City. 

Mr. McDonald was one of the thirteen members of Post 327, who 
formed the Guard of Honor at Mount IMcGregor, immediately after 
the death of General Grant, and continued to perform that duty 
during the two weeks in wiiich the remains lay in state at Mount 
McGregor, at Albany and in New York, and finally assisted in the 
last sad rites, which ended at Riverside on the eighth of August. 



CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. McKELVEY, 

OFFICER OF THE DAY, 

Was born in Providence, R. I., March 12, 18-12. He removed to 
Staten Island and afterwards to New York City. 

Oil the twenty-ninth of April, 1861, he enlisted for two years as 
private in Company F, Tenth Regiment New York Volunteers 
(McChesney's Zouaves). He participatetl in the battle of Big Bethel, 



BIOGRAI'IIICAL SKETCHES. 59 

•'Seveii Days' Figlit," Gaines' Mills, Savage Station, Charles City 
Cross Roads and Malvern Ilill. During the latter engagement, lie 
was taken prisoner, bnt escaped the same night. He also took ])art 
in the battles of Antiotam and Chancellorsville. Soon after this, he 
was taken sick with typhoid fever and remained in the iiospital until 
his term of service expired. He was lionorably discharged as Ser- 
geant. After his recovery, he commenced raising a comjiany, l)ut 
the draft riots in New York interfered with recruiting and Mr. Mc- 
Kelvey tendered his services to the police department to assist in sup- 
pressing the riots. For this service, he was apjwinted Eoundsman of 
tlie Police and served for seven years. He then resigned, and in 
1S72, removed to Brooklyn. His police record in New York enabled 
him to secure an appointment in the Brooklyn Police Department. 
He was subsequently appointed telegraph operater. In 1882, he was 
appointed Drill Captain, and on the seventeenth of January, 1885, 
he was appointed Captain of the Fourth Precinct. 

He served eight years as a member of the Thirteenth Regiment 
N. G. S. N. Y., and retired as First Lieutenant of Company K. 

In 1870, he married Annie F. Burgess, of Providence, R. I. 

Capt. McKelvey formed one of the Guard of Honor, which took 
charge of tlie remains of General Grant at Mount McGregor, and 
continued to serve in that capacity until the body was deposited in 
tlie receivino- vault at Riverside on the eiirhth of Auijust. 



DANIEL L. STAPLES, 

OFFICER OF THE GUAKD, 

Was born in Easton, Fairfield Co., Conn,, on the first of January, 
IS-t-i:. lie received his education at the district school. 

Gn the thirtieth of August, 1862, he enlisted as private in Com- 
pany D, Twenty-third Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, for nine 
months. He accompanied the Banks' Expedition, and, with his 
regiment participated in the several engagements of the Southwest. 
He was taken prisoner on the tifteenth of June, 18(;3, at the battle 
of Brashear City ; was jiaroled on the twenty-ninth of June, and 
rejoined his regiment. He was honorably dischai'ged on the thirty- 
iirst of August, 18(j;j, having served one year — three months over 
his time. 

He re-enlisted as landsman in the United States Navy, September 
3, 18<)-t, and was assigned to the Vermont, and thence to the 
Augusta, where he remained until December following, when he 
was detailed to the United States steamer Acacia, and promoted to 
ship's yeoman. While on her he particijKited in the capture of 
Charleston, S. C. He was honorably discharged on the eleventh of 
June, 1865. Since the close of the war he has been engaged in the 
dry goods business. 



60 BIOGUAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

' On the twcnty-sixtli of June, 1872, lie married Sarah E. Mooney, 
of AVesttield, N. J. His wife deceased Deeeniber 25, 1882. He 
lias two living ciiiidren, viz., diaries L. and Frederick J. 

Mr. Staples is at present OtKcer of the Guard of Post 327. 
During the Grant obsequies he had coiniiiand of the Relief Guard 
August 5, from 2 to 5 A. m. at Albany, and in New York August 
6, he had command of Second Relief from 5 to 8 a. m., and on the 
same day from 5 to S p. m. 



Past Commander CAPTAIN GEORGE B. SQUIRES, 

SEEGEANT-MAJOK. 

Was born in Pittstield, Mass., on the twenty-fifth of September. 
1844. lie i-eeeived a liberal education at the public schools of his 
native town and at Williams' Academy, Stockbridge. 

He was only IG years of age, when the tocsin of war sounded the 
call "to arms," but, inheriting the spirit of patriotism, that animated 
his ancestors at the battle of Lexington more than one hundred years 
aijo, he volunteered his services in defense of the Union. 

He ran away from home, and came to Connecticut, where he 
enlisted as private in Companj' I, Fifth Connecticut Volunteers, 
commanded by Captain Grittiu A. Steadman, afterwards Colonel of 
Eleventh Connecticut Volunteers. He was mustered into service 
July 22, 1861, for three years. He took part in the battle of Win- 
chester, and afterwards in the battle of Cedar Mountain, where he 
was wounded in the left leg, and confined in the hos])ital at Alex- 
andria, Va.., fur about four months. In 1803, he took part in the 
battles of Cliancellorsville and Gettysburs:. Following the latter 
engagement, when the army recrossed the Potomac, Mr. Squires was 
captured on outpost duty at Snicker's Gap, and confined at Belle 
Isle, until the following October, when he was paroled. He remained 
at Annapulis. Md., and Camp Chase, O., until April, 1804, when 
he rejoined his regiment in the West, during the Atlanta campaign, 
and participated in all the battles and skirmishes leading to the cap- 
ture and occupation of Atlanta, including the battles of Dallas, 
Rosacea and Peach Tree Creek. 

He was honorably discharged at Chattanooga, Tenn., on the first 
Augiist, 18(34, at the expiration of his term of enlistment. 

In 1871, he I'emoved to New York City, and on the twenty-second 
of January, 1872, on the recommendation of his old Colonel, Orris 
S. Ferry, ho was appointed to the office of liquidating clerk in the 
New York Custom House. He was subsequently promoted to entry 
clerk, which position he still holds. He removed to Brooklyn in 
1873, and since then has been one of the most active and earnest 
supporters of all measures tending to the growth and development 
of the Grand Army in New York State. In 1876, he was appointed 




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GF.dRGE H. SOriRES. 

Pas'I CnMNJANriF.R. 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 01 

Assistant Acljntant-Gencral (Department of New York G. A. R.), 
and held tlie otttcc for two years. Diirinji; this period, the Soldiers' 
Home was hiiilt. Mi'. IScjuires bcinii' one of the prime movers and 
most active supporters of that enterprise. 

During lSSl-2, he served as Judge Advocate-General on the staffs 
of Cominanderin-Chief Wagner, of Pennsylvania, aTul Merrill of 
Massachusetts, of the Grand Army of the Repuhlic. In 1SS+, lie 
was again ajipointcd Assistant Adjutant-General of the Department 
of Ne\v York. The history of the Grand Army in this State shows 
that the year ISSi was the most successful of any previous year 
since its organization. 

A. A. G. Squires was one of tiie charter members and chief 
mover in the organization of Post 327, and wasitslirst Commander. 
He served during 1SS3, was re-elected in ISS-i, but i-esigned 
immediately after to accept tiie position of Assistant Adjutant-Gen- 
eral of the State Department. 

The revision of the "JManual" of the G. A. R., tlie present style 
of badges made fi'om cannon metal, and many other improvements 
in the working system of the order, are due largely to the efforts of 
Assistant Adjutant-General Srpiires. 

In 1S67, he married Mary L. Lockhart, of Lee, Mass. They have 
three children, viz.: George, Sadie and Lottie. 

Captain Squires was one of the thirteen representatives of Post 
327, which formed the Body Guard over the I'cmains of General 
Grant, and remained with the Ijody from the first of August until 
its tinal interment on the eighth. 



SANFORD II. FRANKENBERG, 

quartermastek's sergeant, 

Was born in Marion, Wayne county, N. Y., on the seventh of 
August, 1^39. He was educated at the academies of Walworth and 
Macedon. He suljsequently I'emoved to Palmyra, Wayne county, 
N. Y., and engaged in business for three years, and then removed to 
Buffalo. While on a visit to Xew York in tiie spring of 1861 he 
became imbued with the '" war fever," and joined Conqxuiy F, Thir- 
teenth Regiment New York State Militia. He was mustered in on 
tlie twenty-third of April, 1801, for three iiKjnths. At the expira- 
tion of his term of service, he enlisted, August 15, in Company C, 
Forty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteers, as Sergeant, and was 
mustered into service on the twenty-fifth of August, 1801, for three 
years, or the war. 

He accompanied Sherman's Expeditionary Cor]is to Port Royal, 
S. C, and took part in the capture of Hilton Head fortificuitiiHis, 
November 7, 1801. He participated in the engagement at Port Royal 
Ferry, siege of Fort Pulaski. April 11, 1S62, capture and burning of 



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Bluffton, S. C, the encragement at Coosa River, Pocotali2;o. and 
in tlie capture of Follj Island, S. C. In tlie night assault on Fort 
Wagner, July 18, 1863, he received a woun<] in the left shoulder 
which shattered the left shouldei'-blade, re(juiring its removal, and 
lost the use of the left arm, resulting in total and permanent dis- 
ability. In this attack the regiment lost in killed, wounded and taken 
prisoners nearly TOO out of SOO men. 

Sergeant Frankenberg was honorably discharged, on acct)unt of 
wounds as stated above, on the eighth of June. 1864. He subse- 
quently removed to Brooklyn, and in December, 1864, he was 
appointed clerk in the Dime Savings Bank, of Brooklyn. One 
year after this he was appointed teller, a position he has rilled with 
honor and fidelity for more than twenty years, during which period 
the funds of the bank have increased from Sl,3::?0,O2O to sj^l 3,350,- 
825.50. 

In lSr;8 he married A[iss Pauline G. Knapp, of Brooklyn, N. Y., 
formerly of Charleston, S. C. They have three children, viz. : Willie, 
Nellie and Josie. 

i\[r. Frankenberg was a mend)er of the Cxuard of Honor which 
guarded the remains of Genei-al Grant at Mount McGregor, July 
28, and afterwards accompanied the remains to their final resting 
place, in liiverside Park. 



CAPTAIN GEORGE W. VAN MATER 

Was born in Brooklyn, on the twenty-first of March, 18.''>8, where 
lie received a liberal education at the jniblic schools. Previous to 
the war, he was engaged in the manufacturing business. 

He joined (Jompany C, Fifty-si.xth Regiment New York State 
Militia, in 1802. In June, 1863, he was mustered into service with his 
i-egiment for thirty days. During this period, his regiment assisted in 
cutting off Lee's retreat from Gettysburg. 

( )u the seventeenth of July, 1864, his regiment was again mus- 
tered into service for one hundred days, and was employeil most of 
the time in doing guard duty; in this, hovvever it rendered efficient 
service. In 1865, the regiment again offered its services, and was 
quartered at Hart's Island, awaiting orders, and three or four days, 
previous to the date ti.xed for being mustered in, recruiting was 
stopped by order of the Secretary of War on account of the cessa- 
tion of hostilities. 

The regiment, having been organized especially for service in 
the war, was soon after disbanded. It was constantly held in readi- 
ness for emergencies, and had the war continued, would no doubt 
have made for itself an honorable record. 

Mr. Van Mater was soon after appointed aid-de-camp to General 
J. V. Mesei-ole, commanding Eleventh Brigade, N. G. S. N. Y., with 
the rank of Lieutenant, and was subsequently appointed Commissary 



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of the Brigade with tlie rank of Captain, and continued to hoh:l that 
iiosition nntil the resio'natioii of (reneral ]\Ieserole. in ls74. 

In 185;>, Captain A^an Mater married Miss Afary J. Kane, of 
Brooklyn, X. Y. Tiiey liave fonr eliildren. viz. : Ida L., George G., 
Minnie L. and Jolin. 

He lias taken an active part;_in^ the Grand xVrmy affairs for many 
vears past. He was formerly a^niember of Rankin Post, No. lo, 
and was very popular with the members of that Post. He was elected 
Chaplain of the Post, in ISSO; Senior Yice-Commander, in 18S1 and 
1882 and on several occasions was a, delegate to the Department 
Encampment. He served as aid-de-cam]! to Commandei--in-('hief 
Earnshaw, of the (t. A. R. In 18^3, he withdrew from Rankin Post 
with a number of his comrades, and assisted in organizing Post 
327. He is one of the most earnest workers in, and liberal sup- 
porters of the new Post. His effoi'ts to benefit his fellow men are 
not confined to his old army comrades. lie is a member of Jo]ipa 
Lodge. No. 20i F. and A." M., of Fi'anklin Lodge K. of II. . of 
which he is Past Dictator ; vi r>urnside Council, Royal Arcanum. 
of which he is Past Regent. 

Captain Van Mater has been associated for the last eight years with 
the firm of Charles E. Teale & Co., drapers and tailors, No. Oil Ful- 
ton sti'eet. Brooklyn, one of tlie largest and most popular houses in 
that line of Ijusiness in tlie city. 

Captain A^an Mater was appointed on the ''Relief (juard "" under 
" Oi'dcr Xo. 7," while the remains of General Grant lay in state at 
Albany. He had charge of Third Relief and of First Relief, 
August (!, while the remains lav in state at the City Hall, New 
York. 



w. T. cRorcii. 

(.'i.>MMISSAKV. 



Was Ijorn in New York City on .Inly 22d, 184(1, and afterwards 
removed to Brooklyn. He joined the Thirteenth Regiment N. Y. S. 
Militia in 1858. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted with 
the regiment on April 2od, 18(>1, and was mustered in as First 
Sergeant of D Compan}'. At the expiration of his term of service 
he returned to Brooklyn, and was engaged in recruiting until isfi-J, 
In May of that year lie again enlisted with the Thirteenth Regi- 
ment and went with it to Suffolk, Ya. ."-^oon after this he was taken 
sick with hemorrhage iif tiie lungs and cani[) fever, and ordei'eil 
liome. After iiis recovery he again engaged in recruiting service 
until Se])tember of that year. He was afterwards detailed to take 
charge of the sick and wounded tr<io|)s at Ki.irt Hamilton, wliei'e he 
remained for about eight months. 

On April 22d, 1861, he nuirried Sarah F. Clii'istnuis, of Brooklyn. 
They have three children, viz. : S. Lulu. Mamie E. and Willie S. 



64 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

Mr. Crouch was one of tliu charter iiieiiibers of Post 327. Dur- 
ing tlie Grant obsequies he had charge of Third Relief, August 
•itii, at Albany, and on August 6th, at New York", from 2 to 5 a. m., 
and was a niendjcr of Cranston's Relief at New York, August 7th, 
from 2 to r> a. m. He also accompanied tlie remains to Riverside. 



DAVJD A. riTCIlER 

Is descended from one of the oldest families consjiicuons in the 
earlv settlement of the country. The celebrated "Moll Pitcher,'' 
one (if the heroines of the revolution, belonged to the same fam- 
ilv. Jjoth the paternal and maternal ancestors of Sir. Pitcher 
fought in the war of the revolution, and in the war of 1812. 

Mr. Pitcher was born in New York City on March IDtli, 1843. 
Previous to the war he was associated with liis fatliei- in the pro- 
vision business. 

On October 7th, 18()1, he enlisted as |irivate in F Company, 
Eigthy-seventh Regiment New York \'olunteers, foi' three years or 
the war. lie ]iarticipated in the siege of Yorkttiwn, the battles of 
Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Seven Days' Fight, Peach Orchard, Sav- 
age Station, AVIiite Oak Swam]i, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern 
Hill, Second Battle of Bull Rmi and Chantilly. In September, 
1862, the regiment was consolidated with the Fortieth New York 
Yolunteers (known as the ilozart), it having been reduced by losses 
to such an extent as to be no longer effective. In October, 1862, 
Mr. Pitcher was made color guard, and (-arried the First National 
color of his regiment the last time it was cai'ried on the field. He 
took part in the l)attle of Fivdcricksliurg, Decend)cr 13th, 1862, 
iluring which he was stiaick by a uiinie ball in the left hip, 
shattei'ing the bone from the hip to the knee. He was ca]>tui'ed 
and taken to Libby Prison, where he remained for two months. 
He was then |)arolctl and sent to Annapolis, ]\Iil., in an almost dving 
condition. He remained in the lios]iital until Octolicr 'Jtli, 1863, 
when he was honorably' discharged. lie was obliged to use crutches 
for two years aftei'wards. As soon as he was able he resumed his 
former business. 

In February, 1869, he mari-ied Lillie E., daughter of Cajitain 
William Liesegang, an old and well known sea ca|)tain of New 
York. They have live children, viz. : Charles R., Edna A., Carrie 
L., Ella .M. and Irene Frances. 

Mr. Pitcher was in command of the "Relief Guard of Floiior," 
which had charge of the remains of (Tcneral Grant on the night 
before the funeral. He was also with the remains at Albany, and 
accompanied them to Riverside on August 8th. His jiortrait is 
shown in the centre of the fourth group. 




JAS. B. PRINGL.C 



-AN MATER 



W. WALTON. 



(;K()L'I' Nn. 4. 
GiARii OK IImnok — Uwri' A. I'll' mk.r's [JKTAri.- 




\YM. H. BAKKKR. 



BIOGRAPItI(\\.L SKETCHES. 65 



MAJOR W. ir. BAEKEK 



Was born in tlie citv nf New 'I'drk nu Dcvt'inltev s, 1S39. He 
was educatetl at tla' piihlic srliuuls ami t'vw academy, and after- 
wards coninit'need tlie .study of law with Mrhillr & Sliepard, with 
whom he continued until the spi-iii^ of Istil. 

At the breaking out of the war he had already acquired some ' 
knowledge of military tactics, having previously joineil the Twelfth 
Regiment Xew York Htate ]\[ilitia, as private in Company B. He 
was mustered into the service witli his regiment on Ajiril 21, 1S61, 
for three months. At the expiratinn nf his term of service he was 
commissioned Second Lieutenant of Cumpany (4, Fifty-tirst New 
York Infantry Yolunteei's, ami mustcrcil in Octoiter lo, IstU, for 
thi'ee years or the war. He accom|ianicd his regiment to Washing- 
ton and was soon detailed to the Signal Corps, and studied under 
General Meigs. He snbserpiently s;uled with the Burnside ex]ie- 
dition for Ncirtli Carolina, but during a hca\y gale the vessel was 
driven to sea and ^ivcn u]i for ]oM. She was gone about two 
weeks and ran short of jirovisions, the men beinii- limited to a 
cracker a day. Soon after his arrival Mr. Barkei' joined the gun- 
boat Picket, the flag shij) of (-ieneral limaisidc. and partiei]iated in 
the attack on Ri.ianoke Island. He was with Burnside as Signal 
Otticer in the attack on Newbern, ]S'. C. He was captured during 
the assaidt, but made his escajie the same day. He soon went to 
Fort Macon and was on signal duty aloni;- the line oF the mad ; from 
thence he was ordered to join the Ninth .Vriiiy Corps with General 
Burnside. He took part in the second battle of Bull Run, Freder- 
icksburg, and .\ntieta,m. Soon after the latter engagement he was 
taken sick with typhiiid fever and confined in the hosjiital for 
several weeks, and was advi.sed by his pli\siciaii that his case was 
hopeless urdess he left the field ami returned home. He lost the 
use of his limbs, and being inca])acitated for further service, he was 
com])elled to resign. He subscrpiently recovered, and on October 
4r, 1S'^>2, he was c(_)mniissioned Second I.ii'iuenant of Company G, 
One Humlred ami Thirty-lhird Regiment New York Yolunteers. 
He accompanied the Banks expedition to Louisiana, ainl took jiart 
in the engagements at Poiitchatoula. Ilislaiid, Centreville, Irish 
Bend, Yermillion Bayou, Build's Fei-ry, Milliken's Bend, lirashear 
City, Donahlsonville. endini;- in tlie siege and capture of Port Hud- 
son. On June 14, lS(i3, after the second assault on Port Hudson 
he was promoted First Lieutenant "■ fov gallant and nieritorious 
services on the field." He was soon after detailed as Quartermaster 
of the regiment; subse(piently jironmted Cajitain and Acting Divi- 
sion Quartermaster. In this capacity he was attached to the staff 
of General Peck, and with him entered Poi't Hudson after its 
surrender. He was again detailed to Quaitermaster's Dejiartment, 
with rank of Major, and was mu-tered out at the expiration of 
his term of service. He was soon after commissioned Second Lieu- 



66 BIOGRAPHICAL liKETCHES. 

tenant in the regular army, but owing to pi'essing hnsiness engage- 
ments lie was coHipelled tn resign aiul was never nuistered in. 

After the war he continued liis military associations, and was 
(!ommissioned Captain of Company G, Twenty-third Regiment 
National Guard of the State of New York. lie raised Company K. 
rA)i'ty-sevcntli Kegiment National (inard of the State of New York, 
(if which he was elected Captain. 

On Octoljei- 2, 1862, lie married ^Iis.-< Maggie C. Fountain, of 
Brooklyn. Tiicy have one child. 

Major Barker lias tilled the position of Jor.riial Clerk in the 
State Legislature since 1872, and for the past six years he has been 
Assistant Secretary of the Republican State Committee. He is at 
present joint manager, with his lirdthei'. of the (^)uecn"s Fire Insur- 
ance Company of England. 

lie has taken an active part in the alfaii's of the G. A. R. for a 
number of years. lie was formerly a memlter of Post 4, of Brook- 
lyn (since disbanded), and was one of the charter members of Post 
327. He is exceedingly popular with iiis comrades of the G. A. R., 
is liberal in his contributions, and can be counted on for every 
emergency. He formed one of the connaittee of three, including 
Mr. Knight aiul General Gates, who went to Mount McGregor 
after the death of General Grant and arranged for the representa- 
tives of Post 327 to serve as the Guard of Honor, and he was 
appointed first on the list. He took the first detail to Mount 
McGregor, which was afterwards commanded by Senior Vice-Com- 
mander Johnson. He served as a member of the Special or Body 
Guard until the close of the final service at Riverside Park. Aug- 
ust 8, 188.-). 

Major Barker is interested in other benevolent and charitable 
enterprises. He is a member of Auroragrata Lodge 75(i, F. and A. 
M., and no " worthy distressed brother" ever appealed to him in 
vain for assistance. 



LIEUTENANT-COLONEL W. C. BOOTH. 

There are few men in this city of Brooklyn, better known, or who 
enjoy a more enviable reputation for honesty, uprightness and liber- 
ality than the sul)ject of this sketch. For more than thirty years, 
he has been jiromiuently identified with the great religions and benev- 
olent enterprises for whicii tiie city of Brooklyn is famous. 

Lieutenaut-C'olonel Booth was iiorn in this city on the twentieth 
of December, IS.'jO, and after receiving a fair education at the pub- 
lie schools, he learned the carpenters trade from his elder brother, 
Hon. Samuel Booth, ex-Mayor. Long before the war, he and liis 
brother iuid estaiilished a successful business in this line, and at great 
personal sacrifice he offered his services in defense of the Union 
under the first call of the President for volunteers. He had already 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. >>, 

liad an experience of over ten years in military affairs. Pie joined 
Company A, Fonrteeiith Kcgiment New York State Militia in 1S50, 
serving first as private and afterwards as corporal. This was then the 
crack reginient of I'rotiklyn, and second only tuthe famonsSeventii 
Regiment. It was tittcd tmt by the Union Defense Committee, and 
went to the front, May IS, lS(il. Mr. liooth was enrolled as Ordinance 
Sergeant, on the eighteenth of April, 18(11, and on the twenty-si.Nth 
of May following, he was made Second Lientenaiit. Soon after 
the arrival of the regiment at Washington, Lieutenant Booth was 
ordered back to New Yoi'k by Colonel Wood, on recruiting service, 
the regiment nnmbering tlien but abontSOU men. He succeeded in 
raising 2()(i men and organized I and K conipatiies. lie was elected 
( 'aptain of I Company and soon after joined his regiment, having fnlly 
determined to otfer his services for the war. To his great surprise, 
chagi'in and disappointment, as well as that of his company, he found, 
M'hen he arrived at Washington, tliat "potent influences" liad been at 
work to relieve hi in of the command of thecom]Kiny, and give it to one 
who was an entire stranger to the men. He accepted the inevitable 
with the best grace possible, and instead of re-eidistingas a]irivate or 
non-commissioned otiicer (which not one man in a thousand would 
have done), he looked for another field in which to serve his country. 
This was found in the ranks of the Christian Commission, every mem- 
ber of which served without pay. While the inclinations of Lieu- 
tenant Booth, coupled with his experience of ten years in the ranks 
of the old Fourteenth, would have led him to 

"Seek the bulible reputation, even at the cannon's mouth," 

lie found in the service of the Christian Commission duties far more 
congenial to his feelings — for, being a man of sti'ong sympathies, lie 
was better fitted to alleviate than cause suffering; and in attending 
to the wounded on the battle-field, or in ministering to tlie sick in 
the hospitals, he rendered greater service to his country than if he 
had led a "forlorn hojie"" to victory. Wlien he left Brooklyn for 
the front, it was without a moment's notice, not even returning home 
to bid his family good-byu. Ilis duties often led him in the midst 
of danger, and the bursting shells and whistling of bullets were famil- 
iar sounds to him. 

He was always ready for an emergency and quick to respond to 
duty's call in whatever direction it led. In 18(!3, during the invasion 
of Pennsylvania by the rebels, he raised and organized a regiment, 
— the Fifty-second New York Volunteers, National Guard, in 
twenty-hours, and went with it to the front, as Lieutenant-Colonel. 
He remained there with his regiment, until the danger was ]iast 
when lie resumed his other duties. At the close of the war, he re- 
sumed his connection witli the Fourteenth regiment, and numbers of 
veteran survivors to-day will bear witness to the many acts of kind- 
ness received at the hands of Colonel Booth. The following testi- 
monial signed only by tiie surviving vetei-ans of I Company is tiot 
only a complete vindication of his acts at the beginning of the war, but 



68 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

shows tliat strono- devotion of his former comrades under the pecu- 
liar and trying circuuistanees in wliich lie was placed. The occasion 
that gave rise to it, was his resignation as First Lieutenant of I Com- 
pany, in 1868: 

Brooklyn, .July 8th, 1868. 

LreuT. Wm. C. BooTn: — Wo, the undersigned members of I Company, Four- 
teenth Regiment N. G. S. N. Y. , Laving learn d thai you have applied for papers 
for the purpose of res-igning your comiiiis^iou in ICompMny, hecause of inability 
to attend all ihe meetings of said Company, do re-olve ourselves as a committee 
of the whole Company to wait upon you, and express oursorrow at learnmg such 
was your disposition; and theiefore, do respectfully request you to withdraw 
your application if sent forward, or to reconsider your intention of resigning, if 
such is the fact. 

We have not forgotten the dark days of 18i)l. when the flag on Sumpter was 
cast down by traitor sliot, an event which sent through every loyal American 
heart a thrill of sorrow; for we v\ell knew that thousands of homes, would be 
de-solated, causing Ihe innoceni and helpless untold suffering, as the results of a 
bloody war. The spirit of libeiiy was aroused; the tires of '70 were rekindled, 
and the bhizing banm r of freedom, swept o'er the land, while the "Soul of John 
Brown went marching along." 

Well remembering that you were one of those who sjirung to a'ms at the call 
of the Union, and by your conduct since have shown yourself tried and true, hav- 
ing warmed our hearts toward you by your untiring exertions and modest demeanor, 
said Company selected you, as Ihey supposed, as its commander — its best deserv- 
ing chief — iis organizer. We number but a corporal's guard, as it were, to revive 
the recolleclions of Ihe past. 

We feel that we liave proven to }'ou, that you have always been affectionately 
remembered, and lliat we grieved at the loss we sustained by the appointment of 
anotlier to the position, to which you had been elected b)' your company. We re- 
member that your parting advice to us was in accord with your efforts to sat- 
isfy the political pressure brought to bear against you and us, for in your desire to 
remain with your ccmpany. yon suffered wrong rather than we should by demand- 
ing our prerogative become turbulent; such politics had been the bane in peace, as 
it has been, since the war. We have all that sad knowledge before us, and know 
full well of the liattles it has lost us, and of the tens of thousands of the best 
men in the nation. We therefore repeat our earnest request that you will remain 
with us as our First Lieutenant, and, by attending whenever it is convenient to 
you, you will till wiili pride and satisfaction the heart of our gallant captain as 
well as the otficers and men of Company I." 

On tlie sixteentli of January, 18.51, Colonel Booth married Miss 
Sarah F. Balentine, of Brooklyn, sitice deceased. On the tenth of 
June, 1859, lie married Miss Harriet C. Smith, of Brooklyn. They 
liave live children living, viz.: Hattie, Mary, Jnlia, John and 
William. 

Colonel Booth has been for a number of years a ]irominent and 
active member of Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church. He is 
also a member of Stella Lodge, No. 485, F. and A. M. and Nassau 
Chapter, R. A. M. He was formerly a member of Rankin Post, No. 
10, and was one of the charter members of Post 327. He was one 
of the first memi)ers, appointed on the Relief Gtiard to guard the 
remains of General (ir.mt at Mount McGregor, and served on the 
detail of Adjutant Price at Albany, August 5; on the detail of 
Major G. F. Tail, Seventh Relief, City Hall, New York, August 6; 
he commanded the Third Relief, Aiigtist 7 and served on the last 
detail of August 8, under Major G. F. Tait. 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 69 

willia:\[ w. ukodie. 

OFFICKR OF THE (U'ARl), 

Was lidrn in Ediiihnri;]], Scdtlaiid, .laiiiiarv 1, 1S44. lie removed 
with liis parents tn Aiiiei'ica in ISHS. ()n June 20, J 801, 
heinij; then liut a little (i\er seventeen years of ai;'e, he enlisted as 
]iiMvate in Coniiiany I, Fiirtietli Iiei;inient New York Volunteers 
(known as Mozai't's). He was wounded at the first battle of linll 
Run, and afterwards took ])art in the battles of Yorktown, Wil- 
liaiiisbnri;-, and the Seven Days tig'ht. At the battle of White Oak 
Swnnip, June ;3i», 1S(!2, he was wonnded in the tliii!;h, and sent to 
Clitfbnrn llosjiital, Wasliinixtcm. 1). ('., where he remaineti for 
about two months and u-half. ( )n Aui;iist 6 he was lionorablv dis- 
cliarjied, being incapaeitatcd for further service. 

In 1867 he married iliss Emma Smith, of Brooklyn. They have 
eight children, viz.: "William .\lfi-ed, Edwin Wi-ight, Emma ]\ray, 
Geoi'ge A\'., Charles C, Lily 1.. Ida L., and Elliiifir. 

Mr. I'l'odie was formerly a mcmiii-r of liankin Post, and was one 
of the charter members of Post ;127. He was appointed one of the 
"Relief Guard'" while the remains of (ieneral Grant lay in state at 
AlbanV; and sul)se(|uently at the City Hall, New Yoi-k. After the 
retirement of Dr. Hrusli from the "Guard of Honor," .Vugust 8, 
Mr. Brodie was appointed to the vacancy, and eimtinned in that 
capacity until the liod\- was dep(jsite(l in the vaidt at i;i\erside 
Park. ■ 



COLONEL H. B. BEEOHER, 

The eldest son of Rev. Henry Ward Beeclier, was born in Indian- 
apolis, ind., on July 8, 18-12. He I'enioved with his parents to 
Brooklyn, N. Y., when he was but six years of age. He received a 
liberal education, and had commenced the study of law with a fair 
promise of success when tin' breaking out (if tiie \\'ar put an end tn 
his 3'outhful aspii'ations in that direction. He laid aside his Black- 
stone and applied himself to the stmly and practice of military tac- 
tics. 

The organization of the famous Sixty-fifth Regiment New York 
Volunteers was due mainly to the efforts of his father and mother, 
together with the members of Plymouth (Jliurch. Young Beeclier 
entered int(.) the work with all the ai'dor and enthusiasm of his 
nature, and rendered efficient service. He was commissioned First 
Lieutenant of Company A, and nmstered with his regiment into 
the regular service. The Govern(jr nf New York, wdio at first 
refused to receive this regiment, afterwards claimed it as a part of 
the State's quota, and it was made the Si.xty-lif th. 



70 liKXiliAI'lIK'AI, ski:tciie3. 

fjciit.ciiiint liecclicr, who liad ciiliBtcii for tlu; war, pi-cffn-od tlie 
i'(;iriihir s<Tvic(', and (jhtairied a comiiiissioii as Second Iii(,'Ut('naiit, U. 
S. A. lie wan assif^iricd lo I'attc'ry l>, liij^lit Arlillery, tlicii stationcMl 
aL l*'oiin;Ks Mniiroc. Diiriiif^ the famous enffaj;eineiit hetwceii tlu; 
Men-iiiiac and Moiutor Ins battei'y slicdicd tlic stearnors tliatcaiiio to 
tliu assistaiia! of tliu AreiTiinae, and siicciicdod in l)lowinfj up tlic 
steairi (;lii;st nf tiie stcaiiici- I'afriek lleiu'v. jjieutenant IjCL'(dier 
parficipatcd in the en^a;icnicnts at Pi-oetor's Creek, Swift linn, 
l)(!serl;ed Ilonse, Second itiili linn, I'rewster's Station, \'a., Ita])- 
paiiannock Station, Mine linn, Kil|)atrick's liaid, hatti(!K of the Wil- 
derness, Spottsylvania, the J'hiody Anff!(>, J)rnry's HInfl', (Jiiapiri's 
I'.uni, North Anna, Ik'tlicsda Chin'eli, ('old llarl)or, Tolopotoniy 
('rcH'k, siey-e of l'(!tersl)urf^. The Mine, W'ehlen Ifaih-oad, lioviiton 
I'lank Uoa'd, and llatciier's Knn. 

At (Jokl llarhorhe was wounded in tiic ie^ and siioniflei', l)iit 
reiriinned at his post, i)eini'- tiie only ollieer of iiis eoniniaiHl Jcd't on 
ihe liehl. itiii'ini;' tlu; en^'ai^enicnt he h)St two horses shot nndei' 
hini. I le hail at this lime the command of his old Battery J>, having 
pi-evioiihly commanded IJattei'ies A and 1'' <>{ tiie Fifth Artillery. 

lie was comnnssioned l'"irst Lieutenant, and liri'vette(! ('a])tain, 
Major and Lientenant-(;<donel. 

Dnrini^ his entire servic^e in the Held he was conspicuous for his 
L;allantr\-, and his conduct is spoken of in the highest terms hy his 
old con]r:ii|es. 

He resii;'ned in iStlG and rclnniiMJ Id llrooklyn. lie was for a 
time associated with Messrs. II. W. Sa:;-e iV Co.. said to he the larg- 
est lumher dealers in the world. 

In 1S7.'> he estahlislu'd the lire insurance husiness unilcr llie lirm 
name of IJeecher iV' l)ene<lict, located hoth in Ihooklyn and in New 
^%)rk. This is now oiu' id' the lai'gest I'slablislimenis of the kind in 
eilliei- New York or Ih'ooklyn. 

In 1S(;,'5 Colon(d Iteecher niari'ied Miss Ilaiiiel .1. Ix^nediet, id' 
llrooklyn. '\'\i'-\ ha,\c four living children, vi/..: Kate E., Henry 
Ward, jr.. Margaret 11., and Ivlilli. 

During his residence in Albany in ISTl' Colonel llcecher became 
commandant of the Albany Ihirgi'sses Corps, one of the (jldest nnli- 
tary organi/.alions in th(^ State, and hc^ had (H)niniand uf the Corps 
at the time it parlicipaled in the ceremonies of (Jeiieral (Jrant's 
sccoiul inaiii;ui'ati(jn. 



COLONEL IIAKKV II. LEADLE 

Was born in the old town id' W'allingford, Conn., on November 4, 
1828, where he received his early education. lie subsecjuently 
removed tu Merideii, ('oiin., and afterwards to Boston, JVIass. lie 
was cuniiocted with the Meriden Cutlery Company for twenty-two 



BIOGEAPHICAI- SKETCHES. Yl 

years. Jn [^'>*> he removed to T'rooklyn. X. Y., where he has since 
reiiiaine(h 

On JJeceiiiher ;!•», iSfJl, lie enhsted in ( oiniiany !•', Tiiirteenth 
Regiment N. Y. S. ^lilitia, as private, ami mi .lannary 4 followinjr, 
lie was commissioned ."^econd Lieutenant. In May of the same vear 
lie was mustered into the V. S. service with his i-i-i^iment, and went 
witii it to the front. The reg-iiiieiit formed a jiai-t of the ivserves. 
and was not called into active service. On Septemher 12, ISfii!. he 
was mustered out with his re<iiiiient. On October <i. ISf^i, he was 
promoted First Lieutenant ; on .^Llrch 7, ISfJS, was made ('aptaiii. 
and. on November UK ISTO, was elected Lieutenant-Colonel <A' the 
reiiiinent. (Jn Decemher 3U. 1878, he was brevetted Colonel, and on 
October 2". 1870, was honorably discharL^ed after nearly ciLchteen 
year.s' service. 

He is still a member of the 'riiii'tccntli Ke^iniciit \'eteran 
Association, which he assisted in or<ranizinii-. 

On Se])teinber 20, 18.5:^, lie married Miss .Mary \. l.nckr. of l!os- 
ton. They have three living: children. \iz : llari-y W .. William .\. 
and Alice A. 

Colonel iJeadle has been for the la>t thi-ee years conncctcil with 
tiie house of W. II. Butler, safe manufacturer. 

~IIe lias a special foiidni;ss for music, and was for tweiity-ei^-ht 
years organist of the .'^(jutli ( 'oiigri'iiational ('liurch. IJrooklvn. 



.\. UKO.XSOX 



Was liorn in (,'anandai>rua. Ontario county. .\, V.. .I,niiiai-y 12, IS-i.'i. 
Removed to I'rcjoklyn in 18.'>!l. On Aii>;ii.--r :',n. 1,S(;2. he enlisted as 
private in Company K, One Hundred and Tiiirty-ninth Reyiment 
New York \'oluriteers, for three years. lie jiarticipafed in the second 
battle of Williamsburt(, Crump's Cross Roa<l.s, IJei'iiiuda Hundred. 
Driiry's IJluir, Cold llarbor, sieire of Petersburg, (.'hapin's Farm, 
and the assault on Fort Harris(jn. .\t tlie latter plae.c. (jn .September 
29, 1864, he was wounded liy a .Minie ball in the left leg, and con- 
fined U) the hospital for about a month. He '.va- mustered out of 
service with his regiment .Inly 1. I ^(J."). after thirty-four moiitli>" 
.service. 

In 1808 he mari'ied Mins {•!mnia .M. Stoothoff, of iJrookKn. 
They have two children, viz.: .Nellie F. and Carrie -May. 

Mr. Jji-onsou was formerly a meniber of Rankin Post, No. Jn. anil 
w;i.s one of the chart(M- memhers of Post ;>27. He served as a mem- 
ber of the ■• Relief (xuard "' while the remains <jf (ieneral (irant lay 
in state at Albany. He was on the first relief August 4, from o to 
8 p. M., and at the City Hall, New York, on the evening of tlie 
Stli he served on the detail of iJ.uiil A. Pitcher, Seventh lielief, from 
7 to 11 i>. M. He also acconip.mied the I'einains to lliverside i'ark. 



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GEORGE E. BARKER 



Was l)oni in Clyde, Wavne County, N. Y., on the lirst of June, 
1836. 

On tlie twenty-tliird of July, 1801, he enlisted as a private in G 
Coin])any, Eiftli Connecticut Volunteers, for three years. He went 
with his reijinient to the front, but was in no general engagement until 
the battle of AYinchestei-, ;\[ay 'J5, 1S<)2. He was soon after pro- 
moted corporal. He took part with his regiment in all snliseipient 
engagements up to and inuludiiig the battle of Cedar Mountain. 
Shortly after the latter engagement he was taken severely ill, and 
was rendered unfit for further service, and on the sixteenth of 
December, 1862, he was honorably discharged. 



CAPTAIN WILLIAM BARRYMORE 

Was born in London, England, on the fourteenth of December, 1835. 
He came to America in 1851, as ordinary seaman on the LT. S. frigate 
St. Lawrence. He was discharged on her arrival here. In Is.'io he 
re-eidisted in the U. S. Navy as oi'dinaiw seaman, and was assigned 
to the frigate Savannah, stationed on the coast of Rrazil. He 
remained on her for three years and si.\ months, and was then hon- 
orably discharged. He enlisted again in 1859, and was assigned to 
the U. S. frigate Congress as petty officer ; he was honorably dis- 
charged in August, 1861. On the ninth of November, 1861, lie was 
appointed Master's Mate, and assigned to the LT. S. steamer Henry 
Andrews, attached to the South Atlantic blockading S(jnadron, under 
the command of xVdmiral Dupont. In January, ISlJi', he was ])ro- 
moted to Ensign and placed in command of the U. S. Steamer Dan- 
delion. On the seventh of April, 1862, he participated in tlie attacli 
on Charleston, S. C, and on the 8th he rescued the officers and crew 
of the iron-clad Keokuk, sunk under the reljel batteries. He was 
subsequently transferred to the U. S. steamer Acacia. He was pro- 
moted to Acting Master, July 2.'!, 1863, for "gallant conduct niuier 
fii-e in the engagement at Chai'leston seventh of April." He 
remained in command of the Acacia until the evacuation of Ciiarles- 
ton. In the sjiring of 1865 he was placed on " waiting orders." 
October 4, 1865, he was attached to tlie U. S. Monitor, Muiiadnock, 
and ordered to San Francisco. On his arrival at the latter place he 
was detached and ordered home. He was then oi'dered to the 
Receiving Ship Vermont, where he remained for two years. In 
January, 186'.t, he was honorably discharged. Since Noveniber, 
1874 lie has been attached to the U. S. service as pilot and master of 
tugs. 

Captain Barrymore was on duty at the City Hall, New York, as a 




GEO. W. HKUSH. M. U. 



mOGRAFHICAL SKETCHES. 73 

meinlicr of tlie Tvelief Guard in cliari^'u of tlie remains of General 
Gi-aiit. on Friday. August Ttli, from 2 to 5 a. jr. 

In Januarv, ls<i."\ lie married Susan A. Curtis, of Stratford, Conn. 
Tiiev Iiave had four children, all defeased. 



GEORGE W. HRUSll. M. D.. 

Was horn Uctober -t. Is4:'., at West Hills, in the town of Hunt- 
iui^ton, L. I. He worked on his father's faian, and attended the 
village school and academy until sixteen years of age, when he 
came tn the city of Brooklyn tu enter husiness. 

At tlie outbreak of the war. while (jii a visit to his home, he 
attended a war nieeting', and on the call for volunteers he was the 
first man tn enroll liis name and enlist in the service of his conntry. 
lie jipined Company A. Forty -eighth liegiment X. Y. Volunteers 
as private, and was enn^lled August 13, ISCil. He was then but 
eighteen years of age. He wa> soon after made Corporal and then 
Sergeant of his company. 

In June, lS(3o. General Hunter was authorized to I'aise colored 
regiments in tlie Department of the South, wliere the P'orty-eighth 
regiment was then stationed, and Sergeant Brush, being thoroughly 
anti-slavery in his views, volunteered his services, and was appointed 
Second Lieutenant June 4, 1S(J3. and assigned to the Second Regi- 
ment South Can.ilina Volunteers (subsequently known as the Thirty- 
foui'tli Regimeirt l^. S. C. T). On June IS, ISOi, he was jiromoted 
to First Lieutenant, and ^lai'ch (I, lS(j.5, he was promoted Captain. 
On December -1, iMn"), having contracted malarial fever, he resigned. 
He served four yi'ars and six months, with no other loss of time 
than a leave of absence of forty days gi-aiitcd in the spring of 
lSti.5. 

He was on Morris Lland for six months during t!ie siege of Fort 
Sumpter ;;nd the city of Charleston, and was in all the jirincipal 
engagi'ments of liis department during the war, among which were 
Port Roywl Ferry. John's Island, .lames Island, Coosawatchie, 
Deveaux's Neck and Fort Wagner. 

During one of the river expeditions in June, 1804, the steamer 
Delaware, whicli hail on board a poi'tion of his regiment, ran 
agrouml in the Ashepou River, S. C., under the guns of tlie enemy's 
batteries. Second Lieutenant Ihaisli, witli a number of liis men, 
was at aiiijther point furthei- down the ri\er in the only available 
small lioat, and seeing the danger of his comrades, he transferred 
his men to a gunboat near by, and, with four volunteer oarsmen, 
went to their rescue. Lie made sevei'al tri|)s under a heavy fire of 
shot and sludl, and succeeded in landing the entire party on the 
O|.)posite b,iid< of the river. For this act of gallantry he was prom- 
ised by his Colonel the first vacant captaincy iu the regiment. 



74 ■ BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

In tlie antiiimi of 18ti.") lie nict with a sad hereavenieiit in the loss 
of iiis wifi', wlmin lie had married while on a visit North in April 
of tiuit year. While on her way to Join him in Florida she was 
lost at sea on the steamer D. H. Mount. Under the mental depres- 
sion which followed he contracted malarial fever, and boins; inca- 
j)acitated for fiirtiier service, ho resii>;ned his commission and came 
North. Soon after 'his recovery he commenced the study of dental 
suri^ery. and entered into ]iractice witii his father-in-law. Dehirinjj; 
to fit himself more thoronrjhly for the practice of his profession, 
he took up the study of medicine and entered the Long Island Col- 
lege Hospital, w here he was graduated as a physician and surgeon 
in 1870. He has been for a number of years engaged in the prac- 
tice of his profession in Brooklyn. 

In ISSl he rec(Mved the appointment of Assistant Surgeon in 
the Thirteenth Kegiment N. G. S. N. Y. Volunteers, but after two 
years' service he was compelled to i-esign, owing, to the pressure 
of his professional engagements. 

In 1868 he married the only sister of his first wife. They have 
one child, named Herbert Bowers Brush. 

Notwithstanding ids professional engagements, I)i-. ilrnsh has 
found time to devote tij benevolent and religious undertakings. He 
has been for a nundjer of years Sajierintendent of Piymouth Sunday 
School, conni'cted with Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's churcii. He is 
a UKnnber of the Military Order of the Loyal. Legion, and is an 
active worker in the ranks of the G. A. II. Lie was one of the 
charter members of Post 327, and its first surgeon. Lie was one 
of the "Casket Bearers" connected with the Guard of Honor who 
first took chai-ge of the remains of (tcii. Grant at ]\I(iunt IMcGregoi-. 
He continued at his post from August 1 to the fifth of tiie month. 



WILLIAM E. CAESHAW 

Was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., on the twenty-fourth of December, 
1812. He received a liberal education at the public schools of ids 
native city. After leaving school he entered the law office of Judge 
John Dakerman. On the eighteenth day of April, 1861, he 
eidisted in (Company E, Fourteenth Ilegiment New York State 
Militia, as a jirivate, for three years, and partici]iated with the regi- 
ment in the following engagements, viz. : Bull Run, I]inns Hill, 
Falmouth, Rajipaiiannock Station, Sul|)liur S]ii'ings, Gainesville, 
Groveton, Manasses Plains, Ciiantilly, South Mountain, Antietam. 
Fi-edericksburg, Port Royal, Reynolds Crossing, Chancellorsville. 
Seminary Hill and Gettysburg. 

At the battle of Gettysburg he was wounded by a shell, causing 
amputation of the left leg, and was honorably discharged, Nov- 
endjer 12, 1S()3, after two years and a half service in the army. 



BIOr.RAT'IlICAr, SKETCHES. iO 

On tlie fir?t da}' of .Tamiary. 1SC5, he married Mary A. Coojier, 
daiiijliter of Capt. Edmund Cooper, of Brooklyn. IIo has live 
children living. 

He joined "the G. A. R. in 1806, and was a cliarter member of 
Wadsworth Post, No. 4, the second post organized in King's county; 
he was Adjutant two terms, and Senior Vice-Commander one term. 
He is also a cliarter member of Post 327 of Brooklyn, and chairman 
of the Board of Trustees. 

Mr. Carshaw served in the detail of Maj. Tait. from S to 11 p.m., 
on the -ith August, while the remains of Gen. Grant lay in state at 
the C'apitol. He was also on duty at New York from 2 to 5 i>. m. 
on the tJth, and had charge of the detail during those hours, and on 
the Sth from 5 to S a. m., last guard in charge of Major Tait. 



GEORGE J. COLLINS, 

First Lieutenant Company H, One Hundred and TM'enty-seventh 
New York Volunteers, was born October 25, lS31_t, in New York 
City. 

AYhile still a youth removed with his guardians to Brooklyn, hav- 
ing, when only six years of age, lost both his fathei'and mother. 

Enlisted Ajiril It), lS(il, as private in Coin]iany E, Twelfth New 
York State Militia. Served with that command until its muster 
out of service, and re-enlisted as jirivate Conipany G, One Hundred 
and Twenty-seventh New York Volatiteers, August 14, 1802, for 
the war. 

Was promoted in September, 1802, to be Sergeant-Major ; in 
November, 1802, to be Second Lieutenant, and in March, 1801, to 
be First Lieutenant. He served as Acting A<ljutaiit for a cimsider- 
able period, and for a while as Acting Assistant Inspector-General, 
in the department of the South, and when not thus engaged, was 
for most of his term of service in command of his company, and 
was its senior officer at its muster out of service. 

Served in the Valley of the Shenandoah, and in front of Wash- 
ington ill l8(;i-2, siege of Suffolk, pursuit of Longstreet, Gordon's 
Division in General Keyes' openitioiis against Richmond in the 
spring and summer of 1803, the army of the Potomac from Wil- 
liamsport, until the month of August, 1803, when General Gordon's 
division was sent to Morris Island, South Carolina, and took part 
with his regiment in all its varied and important duties there per- 
formed. Was in the night attack on Forts Johnson and Simpkins, 
Charleston Harbor, July 3, 1801, and was one of the few who suc- 
ceeded in landing his boat; battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina, 
November 30, iStM; battle of Deveau.\"s Neck, S. C, December 0, 
1801; action of Pocataligo bridge, December y, 180-4; December 
29, 1804, engagement near Charleston and Savannah Railroad, and 



<b BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

in all the operations, engagements and campaigns in which his regi- 
ment was engaged. 

February 23, 18G5, an order was issued by command of General 
Sherman, designatinir tlie One Hundred and Twenty-sevontli Regi- 
ment of New York A^olunteers as a permanent garrison for tlie city 
of Ciiarleston, making the galhint Lieutenant-Colonel E. H. Little 
its military commander. Paragraph II designated Company H, 
with its ofhcers and men, as a permanent provost guard, and the 
duties thus devolving upon him in a captured city were arduous and 
difficidt, and performed in a manner meeting the commendation not 
only of his superior otticei's but of tlie citizens generally. In addi- 
tion he was presiding magistrate at the City Court, Charleston, to 
which position he was appointed by Majoi'-Genei'al John P. Hatch. 

He was mustered out of service with his regiment June 30, l<S6o, 
having served continuously in the field for thirty-nine months. 

He was elected Alderman of the Twenty-first Ward in 1882, and 
re-elected a district Alderman in 1SS3, which office lie now holds; 
has long been a trustee in the Brooklyn Savings Bank, and connected 
with several local organizations, social, cliaritable and benevolent, 
and is in every sense an appreciated and public-spii'ited citizen. Has 
been engaged in the l)lank book manufacturing business since the 
war closed. 



SECOND LIEUTENANT PHILIP S. CLARK 

Was born in New York City September 25, ISii. He was educated 
in the Williamsburg Graminai- School. He left school to join the 
army. He was enrolled as private in Com))any II, One Hundred 
and Forty- fifth Regiment New York Volunteens, September 4, 
1SG2, for three years. On the ninth of Uecemljer, i8()3, he was 
transferred to Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-third New 
York Volunteers as Second Lieutenant. . He particijjated in the 
battles of Chancellorsvilleand Gettysburg. He was attached to the 
First Division and Twelfth Army Corps. In 1863 his regiment 
was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland in the West. He 
took part in the battles of Dallas, Resacca, Pumpkin Vine Creek, 
Pilot Knob, Culp's Farm, Cassville and Peach Tree Creek. He 
accompanied Sherman's army in the march to the sea, participating 
in all the engagements, and on its return, after the capture of Savan- 
nah, Ga., took'part in the battles of Averysboi'o and Bentonville, 
S. C. 

At the battle of Culp's Farm, Ga., he was wounded in the head, 
and at the battle of Bentonville was hit by a shell and run over by 
an ammunition wagon. He was disabled and incapacitated for fur- 
ther service, and remained in tlie hospital until he was mustered out 
with his regiment in June, 1865. 



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77 



AVliile lie served as Second Lieutenant, after lie joined the One 
Hundred and Twenty-third Re<;-inient, he did not receive his com- 
mission, as ho was constantly on the march and unable to attend to 
the matter. For several months after the close of the war lie was 
unable to attend to his ordinary business duties, in consequence of 
his wounds. For a number of years past he has been engaged as 
ship-broker in New York city. 

Lieutenant CHark was formerly a member of Rankin Post, Xo. lU, 
and was one of the charter memliers of Post 327. 

Fie formed one of the Relief Gnard while the remains of General 
Grant lay in state at Albany August -1-, and in New York August (!, 
and from 2 to 5 a. je. on the 7th, and officer in command of Guard 
from 5 to 8 p. m. on the 7th. 



RICHARD CASSIDY 

Was born in New York City on the twenty-eighth of February, 
184-i. At the lireaking out of the war lie was a resident of Morris 
County, N. .1. 

On the twenty-ninth of May, ISlil, he enlisted as private in G 
Company Third Regiment New Jersey Volnntcei's, for three years. 
He participated in the first battle of Dull Run, Yorktown, Fair 
Oaks, Seven Days' Fight, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South j\Ioun- 
tain, Antietam, Fi'edericksburg, ChaiiceHorsville, Gettysburg, Mine 
Run, and Wilderness. At Spottsylvania he was wounded through 
the left ankle, and confined in the hospital at Washington, D. 0., 
from May l-i to July 19, 1804. He was mustered out of service 
as sei'geant on the 'Jtli of August, lSf)4, at Trenton, N. J. 

He subsequently I'enioved to Brooklyn. In 1808 he married 
Margaret Scott, of Brooklyn. They have had eight children, seven 
living, viz., Mary, Margaret, Ellen, William, Richard, Loretta. 
Catharine ; the eldest, Benny, deceased. 

On the twelfth of September, 1872, he was appointe(i ]iatriilmaii 
in the Brooklyn Police Llepartinent. 

Mr. Cassidy was foi'inerly a member of Rankin Post, No. Id, and 
was one of the charter members of Post 327. 



WILLIAM COWAN 

Was horn at Staten Island, N. Y., Septemher, 1843. He lost his 
parents in childhood and was left dependent on his own resoni'ces. 

In August, 1801, he enlisted as ]iri\ate in Conqiany A. Forty- 
eighth Regiment N. Y. Volunteers, for three years. He was dis- 



78 iJIOGEAPlIICAL SKETCHES. 

charged tlie following October, and August 13, 1862, lie enlisted as 
private in Conipany A, One Hundred and Twenty-seventli Eeginient 
New York Volunteers, for three years or the war. He jiarticipated 
in the siege of Suffolk, Va., and in the operations against Kichnioiid 
under General Iveyes. Tlie same year he participated in the oper- 
ations of General Gillniore at Folly, Coles and Morris Islands, S. C, 
up to April, 18(i-i; in the hattei'ies against Charleston and foi-ts in 
Charleston Harbor, until (.)etober, 1804, in the l)attle of Honey- 
Hill, Deveaux's Neck and roeataligo. At the latter place he was 
wounded in the thigh by a niinie i)all, and .sent to the hospital at 
Beaufort, where he remained for several weeks. He was mustered 
out of service on June 30, 18G5. 

He removed to Brooklyn in 18()7, and in 1868 he married Miss 
Hannah Colluni, of Brooklyn. They have three children, viz., 
Lillie B., William Henry and James Garfield. 

In 1875 he established the business of house painting. He was 
formerly a meni!)er of James II. Pen-y Post G. A. li. He was 
one of the charter members of Post 327. He accompanied thfi 
detail sent to guard the remains of General Grant at Mount 
McGregor, being appointed under Order No. 23, July 28. He 
served on the detail of Adjutant Price at Albany, and continued 
on duty as member of the Uelief Guard until the closing of the 
exercises at Riverside Park, August 8. 



THOMAS M. CHAMBEELIN 

Was born in Perrineville, Monmouth Co., N. J., on the eighteenth 
of November, 1810. Previous to the war, he was employed in the 
dry goods house of Lord & Taylor, New York. 

On the twenty-eighth of May, 1862, he eidisted as private in 
Company E (Captain P. L. Trafi'ord), Seventy-first Regiment New 
York State Militia for three months. On the seventeenth of June, 
1803, be enlisted in Company E (Captain Frank E. Worcester), 
Seventy-first Regiment New York State Militia for thii'ty days. On 
the second of September, 1803, he was mustered in as corporal of 
Company D Thirty-third Regiment New Jersey Volunteers for three 
years. His regiment was attached to the Eleventh Corps, Army of 
the Potomac, which with the Twelfth was afterwards consolidated 
and formed the Twentieth Corps, commanded by General Hooker, 
and was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, Tenn. 

Mr. Chamberlain participated in the battles of Missionary Ridge, 
Tenn., and Rocky-face Ridge, Ga. At the latter place, on the eigiith 
of May, he was wounded in the left hand, resulting in the loss of 
his forefinger and conti'action of the others. He was sent to the 
JeSerson General Hospital, at Jefferson ville, Ind., where he remained 
for about four months. He was then detailed for special duty in the 



BTOGEAPHICAL SKETCHES. 79 

Provost Marslial's office at Jefferson vi lie, Iiid., where he continued 
until the close of the war. He was mustered ontat I;onisville, Ky., 
on the twenty-seventh of May, 18G5, by command of General J. M. 
Palmer. 

He returned to New York and resumed his connection witli the 
house of Lord (i' Taylor. In Api'il, ISO!*, he formed acopartnei'sliip 
with Mr. G. Hartman in the produce commission Imsincss in West 
Washington Market, under the firm name of Chamljcrlin, Ilartman 
& Co.. which is still continued. 

In 1867, he married Hannah E. Mount, of Hamlet, Cliantan(|ua 
Go., X. Y. They have two living chililren, viz.: Ella I. and Wil- 
lard P. 



. GENERAL CHRISTIAN T. (TIRISTENSEX 

Was horn in CDpenhagcn, Dt-nmark, .hinnary 2<;, is;;^'. His 
pai-ents were very moderately situated as to wcirldly goods, Imt they 
were industrious, intelligent and alfcctidnati', ami secured ti) their 
(diildren the vei"y best educatinu they could alVnrd — much better, 
indeed, than usually falls to the hit of children in tlieii' station of 
life. In IS-tij young Christensen accepted a ]iositi(iii \vitli a dry 
goods firm in the Danish city of Elsinore, then, when the famous 
Sound Dues were being levied there, a commercial place of consid- 
erable importance. Here he remained until 11S."<», when, by flu.' 
advice of Mr. Edward Recli, Danish coii.-ul at New ^'M|•k (then nn a 
visit to Denmark), he emigrated to New York, wherr lie arriveil dti 
the lOth June, 1S50. Tie accepted here the jii^sition of bonkkeepe-' 
with the firm of Davis & Henricpies, large wine im|iortei's, and 
remained with them until they gave up business at the close of 
1855. He then became a jiartner of the note l)rokerage tii'm of 
Pepoon, Nazro ik Co., with whom hi remained until tho bn/aking 
out of the war. He liad always taken a great intorest in the 
welfare of his Scandinavian countrymen, and was, fm- many yoai's 
prior to the war. President of the Scandina\ ian Sot-iety of New 
York, an association formed foi' literary ami sncial purjioses. to kei'|i 
up the niemoi-ies of the old Fatherland, and to fni-nish a rendezvous 
where young Scandinavians might find re<M-eation and kind connsid. 
When the war brcike out, the patriotir iV-vor e\teiidr(] to this Soci- 
ety, and three days after the fall of I'ort Sumtci-, ('hi'istensen 
formed a compauj-, which joined the First New York N'olunteers. 
and included every unmarried meiidiei'of the Society. Christensen 
was elected First Lieutenant, and» the regiment was ordered, alter 
only three weeks drilling at a cam[) on Staten Island, to join (ien- 
eral B. F. Butler's forces at Fortress Monroe. The details of his 
military' career are given below. 

Ou his return from the war in 1865, he accepted the position of 



80 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

coutidential clerk \\ irli the lai'iji' cutVt'f ami tea importing firm of B. 
G. Ai-nold & Co.. New York, in wliieli he was ailmitted as a pai'tner 
in 18CS, aiul I'emaiiied until the sprinj:; of 1S7T, when he accepted an 
offer, at an iin usually large salary, to i)eeome Cashier of the Nevada 
Bank of San Francisco, owned by the famous " bonanza" firm of 
Flood, O'Brien, Mackay and Fair. Jle remained at San Francisco 
one year, and then went to New York to organize a liranch of the 
Nevada Bank. Here he remained another year, when the connec- 
tion was dissolved by the e.xpii'ation of the terms of his contract, 
and he accepted the position he now occupies, of Manager of tlu; 
Banking House of Drexel, Morgan tt ('o. 

He was married March 19, 1S53, to Miss Emmy Laura Schott, a 
native of JiJrooklyn of Danish descent, and their union has l)een 
blessed with nine children : Ophelia, born in 185-i: Frederick, born 
in IS,")."); Dagmar, born in 1S5S; Waldemai-, born in lS(iO; Caid)y, 
born in 1864 ; Laui'a, born in 1866 ; (Teorge, born in 1868 (died same 
year); Hope, born in 1870; Violet, born in 187'2. 

The oldest dangiiter is married to J)r. A. M. Malhia^, and resides 
at Wessington Springs, Dakota. The oldest son is married to Miss 
Rosalie Paine, and resides in Brooklyn. The second daughter is 
married to Mr. Frederick Bagoe, a Danish gentleman in the drug 
business in New York. The two elder sons are active members of 
the National Guard. Frederick entered the Twenty-third Regiment 
twelve years ago. and is now Assistant Adjutant (General (with the 
■ rank of Lieutenant-Colonel) of the Third Brigade. Waldemar is 
Corporal of Company G. Thirteenth Regiment, in which lie has 
served seven years. \h' was recently offei'ed a Captaincy in the 
Fourteenth. 

GeiU'ral Christensen .served i'uv maiiyyeai's. prioi' tt) his departure 
for California, as Danish Consul and acting Charge (T Afii'ires at 
New York. He was for many years, n]i to the time he left for Cali- 
fornia, a Director in the American Exchange National Bank, in 
New Y'ork, and a member of the Executive Conunittee of the 
American ilissiunary Association. He is President of the Brook- 
lyn Citizen-s" Excise League, Director of the Ih-ooklyn J'liilliarmonic 
Society, and has been for tliii'ty years a member, and for ten years 
a prominent officer of Plymouth Church (Rev. Henry Ward 
Beecher, pastor). He is also a meml)er of the Loyal Legion of 
the United States, and of the Grand Army of the Republic. He 
was foi- several years a Park Connnissioner of Brooklyn, and was 
the pioneer in the beautiful and now rapidly growing Park dis- 
trict, where be Iniilt his present lionuistead on the corner of Eighth 
avenue and President street. He takes an active interest and part 
in all matters pertaining to the public welfare, especially in Home 
liule iov Brooklyn, irrespective of party obligations, and although 
an ai'dent Republican ever since tiie formation of the partv, he 
l)elieves that good men and good measures .should always be con- 
sidered above party obligations. He is a in-ominent membei- of the 
Citizens" League of Brooklyn. He is blessed with robust health, 



BIOGRAPHICAL sKETCUKS. ^1 

and an even, cheerful temper, anil has great capacity and fondness 
for \voi"k. 

MIUTAKY CAKEEK. 

1861. 

April 23 — Com missioned First Lieutenant (,'oinpaiiy I, First New 

York Volunteer Infantry. 
June 10 — Took part in the hattle of Big Bethel, Va., the jirxt 

eiKjayciiienf <if the irar. 
July 23 — Assigned to iluty as Provost Marshal at "Camp Butler," 

Ncwpnrt News (near Forti-ess Morn'oe), A"a. 
Aug. 5 — Assigned to (additional) duty as Aid-de-camp to Brigadier 

General John W. Phelps, commanding "Camp 

Butler." 
Nov. 5 — Commissioned Captain First New YnrkN'oIunteer Infanlry. 
Dec. 31 — Assigned to duty as Aid-dc-camp to ^lajor (General John 

F. Wool, commanding iJepartment of Virginia. 

186',>. 

March S — Present at Ncwpoi't News, Va., during the lioml)ar(lmeiit 
of that camp by the iron-clad " ^Merrimac," and other 
rebel ships of war, and a witness to the famous 
engagement the following day between the"Mcrri- 
mac " and the "]\Ionitor." 

April 9 — Appointed Provost Marshal of the cities of Norfolk ami 
Portsnuiuth, Va. 

July IT^Commissioned Aid-decaiiip, with i-ank of Major, to 
Major -General Wool, commamling Eighth Army 
Coi'ps. 

1863. 

March 11 — Commissioned Assistaiit Adjutant-General, with rank 
of Major, of the Department of the East (headquarters 
New York city), Major-General AVool commanding. 

Sept. 18 — Ti'ansferred to duty under Brigadier-ljcnei-al E. R. S. 
Canity, in the oilice of the Secretary of War, Wash- 
ington. 

1864. 

May 11— Commissioned Assistant Adjntant-Cieneral and Chief of 
Staff, with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to Major-CTen- 
eral E. R. S. Canby, commanding the ^Military Divi- 
sion of AVest ilississippi (hcailrjuarters New Oi'leans, 
extent of command from Me.\ico to Iowa, strength 
160,000 men). 

186.5. 

March 13 — Commissioned Colonel by brevet "for faithful and 
meritorious services." 

March 13 — Commissioned Bi'igadier-Genei'al by brevet "for faith- 
ful and meritorious services." 

April 1(.) and 13 — Took ])art in the storming (and, for a month pre- 
vious, in the siege), of Spanish Foi-t and Fort Blakely, 
Alabama, the principal fortifications of the city of 
Mobile, tite lad eiujayeinents of the war. 



82 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

1865. 

Juh' 22 — Honorably tli.sclmrsiefl from the Volunteer Arm}', after 
foni' years and three months continued service, during 
whieii he had only been granted seventeen days leave 
of absence, and been sick for three davs. 

1868. 

Nov. 30 — Created by the King of Denmark Knight of the Order of 
Dunnelirog (the name of the Danish tlag, an order 
instituted in the year 1214-), and decorated with the 
golden cross of the Order. 

1873. 

March (J — Decorated with the niilitai'v silver cross of the Order. 

isrg. 

July 17 — Commissioned Major Thirteenth Regiment National 

Guard, State of New York. 
Auc. IS — Commissioned Brigadier-General liv bi-evet, N. G. S. 

N. Y. 
Dec. 19 — Conimissioiied Lieutenant-Colonel, Thirteenth Keginieiit. 

1880. 

July 12 — Commissioned Ei-igadier-General, N. G. S. N. Y. 

For one year after the resignati(.)n of Major-General James 
Jourdan in command of the Second Division National 
Guard of the State of New York. 

1885. 

July 20 — Resigned from the National Guard of the State of New 
York, and honoral)ly discharged, with a flattering 
letter from the Adjutant-General. 



p 



MAJOR B. R. CORWIN. 

The name Corwin is derived from the Welch word, Ccer-iven., 
meaning "white stone." 

Matthias Corwin, the American ancestor of this branch of the 
family, landed at Ipswich, Mass., in 1C30, and ten years later 
moved to Soiithold, L. I., where he was one of the leading men 
and a large property holdei'. Richard, the grandfather of INIajor 
B. R. Corwin, was one of the patriots who, in 1775, signed the 
"engagement to support C'ongress," known as the "Articles of 
Association." He served thi'ough tiie War of the Revolution, and 
was present at the battle of Yorktown, and at the surrender of 
Lord Corn wall is. 

Major B. R. Corwin, the subject of this sketch, was the son of 
William H. Corwin. He was Ijorn in Belleport, Suffolk County, 
L. L, on Septeml)er 16, 1833. He recei\ed a good common school 
and academic education. Previous to the war he was eng.iged in 
the jewelry business. He entered the army as First Lieutenant of 
Compiuiy A, Forty-eiglitii Regiment New York Volunteers, on 
July 9, 1861, Colonel James H. Peri-y, a West Point graduate, 



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83 



coniinaiidinij;. He was at the time ii resident of Brooklyn. He 
was with tiie Sherman expedition, wiiieli sailed from Fortress Mon- 
roe in October, ISCl, under sealed ordei\s for the South, and took 
part ill the eapture of Port Jloval, Xovemher 7. 1801 ; the en;;age- 
inent at Coosa lliver. January 1, lS(i2 ; the siej^e and capture of 
Fort Pulaski, April, 18G2 ; assault of James' Island, July, 1S(!2. On 
May 22, 1803, (ienei-al R. Saxton received orders from the AVar 
Department to organize colored troops in the De|iartment of the 
South, and i-equested Lieutenant Gorwin to take command of the 
camp for recruiting, with the rank of Major. 

On retiring from the Forty-eighth Regiment he received the 
following testimonial from his old comrades in arms: 

FoKT Pulaski, Ga,, February 2-1, 1863. 

To Lieutenant B. U. Corwin : 

Sir — The undersigned officers nf tlic Forty-eifflitU N. Y. S. Volunleers baving 
learned your intention to leave our regiment, wish hereby to express our regrets, 
losing, as we do in you, not onlj' an iipriL'ht and agreeable friend and com- 
panion, tmt atso an efficient, brave, and skillful officer. 
[Signed] 

Lt. Col Jamks J[. Grekn. 
JIa.jok D. W. Strickland. 
Adjutant A. \V GooDiiLL. 
Quartermaster Irving .M. Avert 
Surgeon J, Ij. .Mulpord. 
Asst. Surgeon ['. H. Humphries. 
Captain Louis H. Lent. 
W. L. LocKWooD. 
Wm. B. Coan. 
•' .Tames O. Paxson. 
" Anthony ElmivNdorp. 
" Sa.muel .M' Swoutwout. 
Neve A. Elfwing. 



Captain .Tames FapiRell. 

HoiiEUT S. Edwards. 
Lieut. Fred Hurst. 

TlIEO C. VlDAL. 

W.M. .T. Carlton. 
Samuel H. Mosku. 
Christopiieu Hale. 
George L. S.mith. 
William Barrett. 

" A F. HoWLANIl. 

Jas a. Barrett. 
John A. Fee. 



On May 22, 1 803. he was mustore<l out of the volunteer service, and 
was commissioned Major of the Thirty-fourth U. S.Ool. Infantry. Ho 
afterwards participated in the engagement at Pocataligo, the cap- 
ture of Moi'ris' Island, the captui'e of Jack.soin'ille, and other 
engagements in Florida, in 1803 and ISOI, tiie assault and capture 
of Fort Wagner, capture of Fort Sumter, siege and capture of 
Charleston. After three )'ears and three months'' service he was 
discharged hv Special Order 325, War Department, Adjutant Gen- 
eral's ottice, Washington, D. C, September 30, 1804, on account of 
pliysical disability. 

He was married on July 'J, 1S5T, to ]\Iiss Jane E. Scott, of Hunt- 
ington, L. I. They have two children, viz. : Thomas S. and 
Jennie S. 

Major Corwin was one of the charter members of Post 327. 
After the death of General Grant ^lajor Corwin was appointed one 
of the thirteen memliers of the special Guard of Honor at Mount 
McGregor, and continued in that capacity until the close of the 
obsequies at Riverside, on August S, 1885. 



84 BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCHES. 



HENEY CAMP. 



Nathaniel, the American ancestor of Mr. Camp, came to America 
prior to 1639, and soon after settled in Milford, Conn. He and 
his two brothers were prol)ai)ly the jjrogenitors of all those bearing 
the name in this country. Nathan Camp, father of our comrade, 
was a veteran of the war of 1S12, and died about four years since 
aged 86 years. 

Henry Camp, the subject of this sketcli, was born in Norwalk, 
Conn., March 9, 1824. He received a liberal education in the 
ordinary branches and studied music under several prominent pro- 
fessors. He afterwards engaged in business. 

Previous to the war he was a member of Company A (Old 
Light Guard), Seventy-first Regiment N. Y. State Militia. This 
regiment was among tlie first to volunteer in defense of the 
Union, and was mustered into service April 19, 1861, si.x days 
after the surrender of Fort Sumter. Mr. Camp particiimted with 
his regiment in the first battle of Bull Run. The regiment 
was not only prominently mentioned by the Illustrated London 
News, but the exact position of the regiment was shown in the 
illustration of the battle. 

After Mr. Camp returned from the army he became a member 
of the law firm of Nettleton, Gilbert & Camp, 111 Broadway, New 
York. In 18G5, as the war was about closing, Mr. Camp chartered 
a steamer and took a load of merchandise to Savannah, Ga., to 
meet Sherman's army. This was a successful venture. He shortly 
after purchased Kt.oijO acres of timber land in Clinch Co., Ga., on 
the line of the Atlantic and Gulf road, opened a turpentine 
orchard and erected saw mills. This did not prove to be a fortu- 
nate investment. 

For several years past Mr. Gamp has devoted himself to the 
musical profession, in which he has been eminently successful. He 
was Musical Director in the First Presbyterian C'hurch, New 
York City, for twenty-four years, and left it to accept the same 
position in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, which he hehl for fifteen 
years. He is at present Musical Director in Hanson Place M. E. 
Church, Brooklyn. 

Mr. Camp joined U. S. Grant Post, 327, soon after its organiza- 
tion, and lias since been active and earnest in promoting its 
advancement. He, with other comrades of this Post, went to 
Mount McGregor to take charge of the remains of General Grant 
after the dcatli of the distinguished .soldier. The body was in his 
charge when Mrs. Grant, leaning on the arm of her eldest son, 
viewed the remains for the first time after being prepared for 
burial. When the funeral ceremonies were held at the Drexel Cot- 
tage, Mount McGregor, Mr. Camp was selected to conduct the 
musical services, by the special request of the family and Dr. 
Newman. 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 85 

Mr. Camii inarried in lS-i7, Aniia, dauglitcr of ilattliew Ann- 
stroiinj. of New York City. Six children were born to tliein; two 
sons deceased in ciiildiiood. Two of tlmse now lisiiiii- are 
inarried — ime to Mr. Georj^^e II. Russ, tlie (itlier tn Mr. George 
Werrenratli, at ])resent residing; in Copenliairen, Denmark. He 
lias two unmarried daugliters, viz., Isabel and Mary. 



MARTIN DEMAREST 

Was born in New York city on the si.xteenth of December, 1845. 

Removed to Hoboken, N. J., when an infant. 

Enlisted on the twenty-third of Aiignst. 1S(>2, when but sixteen 
years of ai^e, in Company F, Twenty-tirst Regiment New Jersey 
Volunteers, wliieli participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, 
Chancellorsville, and Hooker's reconnaisanee in force across the 
Rappahannock, at the time of Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania. He 
was appointed Colonel's orderly soon after his enlistment, and served 
in that capacity throughout his term of service. 

Was discharged on the nineteenth of June, 1863, liy reason of 
ex]iiration of service. 

Removed to Brooklyn in May, 1874. Has been bookkee|x'r and 
cashier with tiie imjiorting house of Du Vivier ik: Co., 49 Bioad 
street, New York, over twenty-one years. Was married on the 
seventh of April, 1809, to Elizabeth T. Fountain, of Brooklyn. Has 
two children : Edward M. and Cora E. Is Regent of Fulton Coun- 
cil No. 299, Royal Arcanum, and Collector of Welcome Lodge No. 
41, Order of the Golden ('haiii. While the remains of Gen. Grant 
were at Albany, August 4, Mr. Demarest was a member of ('ranston 
detail. First Relief at Albany, August 4th, ."> to >■ i'. ji. ; on August 
5th, at New York, 8 to 11 a. m. : on the Otli, 8 to 11 v. m., and 5 to 
8 p. M. on the "tli. He also accompanied the Post to Riverside on 
the 8th. 



CAPTAIN JOHN A. EGOLF 

Was born in Alleghany City, Pa., on the fifteenth of August, 1S4(I. 
Previous to the war, in 1860, he joined E Company, Fourteenth 
Regiment New York State ]\rilitia. On the eighteenth of May, 
1861, he enlisted for the war and went with his regiment to the 
front. He participated in the first battle of Bull Run, and during 
the engagement was struck on his leg with a piece of shell. He 
had in his pocket five dollars in silver pieces. The force of the shell 
welded two half dollars together and thus prevented serious injury 
to his leg. He subsequently took part in the engagements at Rappa- 



bti BIOGKAPHIOAL SKETCHES. 

linniiock Bridoe, Wliite Sulpliur Sjiriiinjs and Second Bull Kun. 
Wliile lying down al'jnij the skinuisli line during Second Bull Run, 
he was stepped on by a t'rigiitened horse and injured, so tliat he 
was confined to tiie hospital for a month. His brother, Tiiomas 
was wounded in tlie same l)attle and died of his wounds. At the 
battle of (Tcttyshurg, Mr. Egolf received a ball in his right leg, and 
his brothel', William, was killed — both serving at the time as cor- 
poi'als of the colors guard. 

In October, 18(53, Mr. Egolf was commissioned Second Lieuten- 
ant. He participated in all the battles and skirmishes in which his 
regiment was engaged, including the Wilderness, fi-om May 5, to 
May 23, 18(14; when his term of service having expired, he was 
mustered out with his regiment. Soon after his return home, lie 
was elected Captain of his com]>any. 

In 1SG8, he niari-ied Miss Lydia Johnston, of Brooklyn. They have 
one child, named Frank J. 



CHAELES EDMONDSON 

Was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Octoljer 7, 1843. He 
subse(juently removed to New York City. 

On August 1(), 1S(1'2, lie enlisted as private in Coiiipany H, Thir- 
teenth New Jersey Volunteers for three years. He partici])ate(l in 
the battles of Antietain, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Siitlolk, 
Cluuicellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. He accoin]xiiiied 
Hooker's army to the south-west and took part in the battles of 
Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Peach Tree Creek. Resacca, Cedar 
Mountain, and siege and capture of Atlanta. He accompanied 
Slierman's army in the March to the Sea, and was in all the engage- 
ments of tliat campaign, including the capture of Savannah and the 
sulisequent engagements at Deep lliver and Stillwater. 

After the battle of Antietain he was made Corporal, and at 
Maryland Heights was made Color Sergeant, and served in that 
capacity for two years and three months. He was mustered out 
Jane 8, 186.5, under Genei-al Order 77. 

Ill Marcli, 1873, he married Miss Catharine Kenner, of New 
York City. They have three children, viz. : Mary Jane, Margaret 
and Cordelia. 

He removed to Brooklyn in 1875, and subsequently became a 
member of Kankin Post, No. 10. He withdrew with others and was 
one of the charter members of Post 327. Lie was appointed on the 
'•Relief Guard," under Order No. 6, while the I'emains of General 
Grant lay in state at Alliany. and served at intervals until the closing 
ceremonies of August 8. Ho was a member of David A. Pitcher's 
detail which was on duty at the City Hall, New York, the night 
previous to the funeral. 



BIOGEArniCAL SKETCHES. 87 



FRANK H. FLETCHER 

Was horn in Wasliinijton. D. C. on tlie twentv-second of Mav, 1S42. 
and was edncatcd fcii- tlie United States Xavv at Wasliini^ton Navy 
Yard. On tiie twenty-second of October. is<l(), he wa'^ a])pointed 
Third Assistant Enii-ineer in Hie Navy, an<i was soon alter assigned 
to tiieU. S. Steamer Powhattan. tiien in cmnniand of Captain (after- 
wards Admh-al) D. D. Porter. In Fehi-nary, istil. tlie sliip was 
ordei-ed to Pensaeola, Fla., and snbseqneiitiy joined the hloekadiiiij 
sqnadi'on off Pensaeola, and all the passes of tlie Mississippi River, 
thence to ]\L:ibile, and from there was ordered to cruise in search 
of the rebel privateer Snmpter. After a cruise of ten months, the 
Powhattan was ordei'ed home. Mr. Fletcher was then ordererl to 
the o-unboat Tahoma, which subsequently formed a part of the East 
Gulf blockading squadron. She was at Tanijia P>ay, Cedar Keys. 
Ajipalachicola and at the mouth of the Snwanee river, Fla. 

While lying off Cedar Kays, Fla.. ilr. Fletcher joined an (■\])edi- 
tion fitted out to bombard St. Marks. Fla. He assisted in the destruc- 
tion of rebel property on shore. He was afterwards transferred to 
the gunlioat Fort IleniT, which was engaged in blockade service at 
Cedar Keys, Fla. In April, 1S03, Mr. Fletcher was ordered to 
Philadelphia for examination for promotion. lie was jiromoteil 
Second Assistant Engineer, and i.irdered to the ii-oii-clad monitor 
Passaic. He participated in all the eiigaa-ements around Charleston 
harbor, including the lioinbardment of Forts Sumter, Wagner and 
Fort Craig; also the batteries on Morris Island, Fort Moultrie and 
other .sand batteries on Sullivan's Islaml, also Fort Johnson and 
Castle Pinckney. At the termination of Sliernuurs " march to the 
sea," he was on blockading service at Warsaw Sound, and the harlior 
of Savannah. lie was afterwards transferred to the Ticonderoga, on 
which he remained until the close of the war. He subse(|uently 
made a three years' cruise in the Brazil and African squadron on 
the gunboat Kansas. He was thence ordered to the gunlniat Huron. 
He resigned on the si.xth of February. I"^tl0. 

In 18S2, he accepted a position as machinist in the lirooklyn Xavv 
Yard. 



ALBERT H. FROST 

Was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., .lune 13, 1^43. Was educated at the 
public scliool in Brooklyn. Previous to the war he was engaged in 
the gents' furnishing trade. He enlisteii on the scrond of Sejitem- 
bcr, 18r)2, in Company C, One Ilundreil and 'J'liirty-ninth Regiment 
New York Volmiteers, as a jirivate, for three years. Partici[)ated 
in the second liattle of Williamsburi;-. Crump's Cross Roads. IJer- 
muda Hundred, Drury's Bluff', and Cold Harbor. After the latter 



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engagement he was prostratefl witli fever, and sent to the Balfour 
United States General Hospital, Portsmouth, Va., contined for some 
months ; after becoming convalescent, was detached from tiie regi- 
ment, and served as clerk in the private office of Surgeon J. 11. Frantz, 
U. S. A. He remained on detached service at Balfour United 
States General Hospital at Portsmouth. Va., and was mustered out 
of service under general order of the 'War Department, dated May 
21, on the fifth of June, 1S65, as corporal. Returned to his old 
business (gents' furnishing) in New York City, after the close of the 
war. In 1ST8 he was a]ipointed to the Register's Dejiartment of the 
Brooklyn Post-office. He was subsequentl}' transferred to the 
Postage Stamp Department, which position he still holds. 

In lS(i9 he married Mai-y C. Pehl, of Brooklyn. They have two 
living children, viz., Albert W. and Josejih T. 

Mr. Frost was one of the charter members of Post 327. He is 
also a member of the Royal Arcanum, American Legion of IIouoi', 
and the Knights of Honor. 

He formed one of the Guard of Honor at the Grant obsequies. 
Was in CranstoiTs detail at Now York, August 5, from S to 11 p. m., 
and on Major Tail's detail, August S, from 2 to 5 \. m. 



LIEUTENANT ANTHONY FIALA 

Was born in Austria, State of Bohemia, January 17, 1838. He 
came to America in ISolr, and engaged in the business of diamond 
setting. 

On the twenty-second of July, 1861, he eidisted as private in E 
Company, First New York, known as Lincoln Cavalry. He parti- 
cipated in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Winciiester, Han- 
over C. H., Fair Oaks, -'Seven Days' Battles," White Oak Swamp, 
Malvern Hill, Chantilly, Antictain and Fredericksburg. On Mel- 
roy's retreat from Winchester, he was wounded in the right leg, and 
contined in the hospital at Bedford, Pa., and afterwards at Bloody 
Run. 

He rejoined his regiment, after the battle of Gettysburg, and re- 
mained until the expiration of his term of service. In January, 1801, 
he I'c-enlisted in the same regiment, as corporal. He afterwards parti- 
cipated in the Raid to tlie White House, siege of Petersburg, 
Weldon Railroad and Cedar Creek. He accompanied Sheridan on 
his famous raid and participated in the battle of Five Forks, Sailor's 
Creek and all the subsequent engagements up to the surrender of 
Lee at A|)])oniattox. He then returned to Petersburg, and was com- 
missioned First Lieutenant " for gallant and meritorious services on 
the field, and during the war." He was mustered out of service, 
on the twenty-seventh of June, 1865, and resumed his former busi- 
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In 1S69, he married Annie Ivoliout, since deceased, and in ls72, 
lie married Amelia Jennie Kolioiit, a cousin of his first wife. He 
has two children, by his tirst, and two by liis second wife, viz. : 
Anthony, Annie, Louis and Minnie. 

Mr. Fiala formed one of the Relief (inard, An^-nst 4, while the 
remains of General Grant lay in state at All)any; and served on 
Major Tait's detail from S to 11 i'. m., on the seventh in A"e\v York, 
he served from 2 to 5 a. m. and from 2 to 5 i>. m. 



\lKy. I. M. FOSTER. 

I'DSr CIIAl'I.AIX IN rWlEF UK NATKiXAl, KM 'AIMPM lO.N'T, 

AVas born in N'erona, ( )ncida (•<niiity. New ^Ork, 1 )cri_'inbci- 20, 
1S44-. lie was educated at the S:iui[U(.iit Sriniiuirv, < )iicida i-(iiiiit\', 
X. \ ., and afterwards icci'i\i.'d prixatc iustructinn froni a tut(ir. 
He had not ciim[ilctL'd lii< t'ducatinn, and was nut yet cii;hte(.'n 
years of age, when the stirriiii;' e\'ents <<[' ls(;i 2 led him tci sacrifice 
all personal cdnsiderafions and offer his service's in defense of the 
Union. ( >n Septendjer ."!, l.S(;2, he enlisted as ]n-ivate in ('nmpaiiv 
H, One Hundred and Fort3'-si.\tli licginient Xew York Volunteers, 
for three years, and took jiart in evei-y actiun in \vhicli his regiment 
was engaged, until he was taken prisDuer. Among the engage- 
ments in which he )iarticipatod wci'c Fi-ederickslnirg, Ghancellors- 
ville, Beverly Ford, J3randy Station. Aldie, C'ulpep[)er Court House, 
Ijristow Station, Kelly's Ford, Mine liun, Ciettysbnrg, Hanover 
Gourt House, Hunterstown, and the A\'ilderness. At the latter 
place ho was caiitured by the enemy and taken to Lynchlnng-. 
thence to Danville, and finally to Andersonville, where lie remained 
until the autumn of fSfiJ-. He was then with a number of othei's 
conveyed to Florence, South ('arulina, and iKjf long after made Ids 
escape. He, witli a companion who esca])ed at the same time, 
made his way to the Great i'c(lee liver, and attempted to descend 
in a boat. They had both defenniiied not to be captured alive liy 
citizens, but they came suddenly upon rebel ]iickets wdio were 
guarding the river, anil, withiiuf a moment's notice, were brought 
to a "Halt!" only a few rods from shore. They were well treated 
by their captors, and ])urposely dela^'cd on their journey to Flor- 
ence, and were frcipiently visited by their captors while in ])i'ison, 
and provided with many delicacies. Mi: Foster remained in con- 
finement at that place until February', isii."), when he was .sent to 
Wilmington, Xorth Garolina, and paroled. He was mustered out 
of service June 7, IsH."). 

On his return, at the close of the war, he resumed his studios, and 
in ISO!) he was ordained as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church in the State of Virginia, where he I'emained for four years. 



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He was then transferred in tliu State "f New York, and lias since 
been stationed at the foUowintr places, viz.: Italy, Bellona, Seneca 
Castle, Flielps, Waterloo, and Brooklyn. 

Oil August IT, isTl, ho married ]\[iss Julia E. ^losher, of JJed 
Creek, New York. They Ikivo three children, \]7.. : Carlton II,, 
(leorire Leon, and IVfaliel L. 

Mv. Foster tirst became eonneeted with tlied. A. \i. in |st>!), 
•while residing in Virginia. He al'ti'rwards joined (Borden (iranger 
Post, No. 7, at Phelps, N. Y., of which he was elected Chaplain. 
He served as Cluiplain of the I)e]>ai-tnieiit of the State of New York 
in ISSI, and as CJiaidain in Chief of the National Encampment for 
lSS2-:'>. lie joined Post '.'rlJ by transfer in 18S4. 

Pi'obably no man connected with the (1. A. R. is l)etter known as 
a ])ui)lic sjieakei- than ^[r. Postei-, and whether his address is one or 
two hours h.nig, tlie interest of his audience I'emains unabated. 



KEY. I). O. FEKPJS 

AV'as born at New liochelle, N. Y., on the fifteenth of Marcli, is.'iT. 
He was prepared for e(jllege at Armenia Seminary, Dutchess Co., 
N. Y., and was graduated at the lialtimore College of Surgery in 
1852. He entered the department of Dental Surgery, and snbsc- 
qnently was with Dv. E. S. Parnialy, of New York. 

He commenced practice in Jvingston, Ulster Co., N. Y., in 1S54. 
Remaining tliere for a time, he removed AVest, and practiced in 
Chicago and Peoria, 111., until 1857. 

In 185!) he entered the ministry of the M. E. church, and itnme- 
diately commenced jjreaching, and was stationed at Morrisania, 
N. \. At the bi'caking out of the war he was stationed near 
Peekskill, N. Y. He raised a company for the war, and subsecpiently 
enlisted, r,nd Avas appointed Cha]>lain in Novendier, 18(il. He 
accompanied the Fifty-sixth New York \'olunteers to the front, 
being at the time unattached. He was engaged for some montlis 
in general recruiting service, and in August, 1863, was a])pointed 
chaplain of the One Hundred and Thirty-third PegimentNew York 
A^olunteers, attached to the iletropolitan Brigade. Ileaceomjianied 
his I'egiment on Banks' E\))odition to Louisiana, and took pai't in 
the battle of Bisland, and sul)se(j\ientl3' the siege and capture of 
Port Hudson. After the captui-e of Port Hudson, he was on 
detached service until August, 1804, when he resigned and entered 
again the regular work of the Methodist ministry, within the 
bounds of the New York East Conference, and was stationed at 
Sag Harbor, L. I. ; Huntington, L. I. ; IIemi)ste;ul, L. I. ; De Kalb 
avenue, Brooklyn, Waterbury and Bridgejiort, Conn. ; Fiftieth street, 
New York city ; Washington street, lirooklyn; Bristol, Conn.: 
Bay Shoi'c, L. I.; and South Second street, I'rooklvn. E. D. 




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Iti lS."i',)ln' iiiarrici] Miss Fimiiccs K. 1 ):il<iii, sistrr of (Jriirral 
Tliomas y. Dalsiii. of Ki-oolslyn, X.^'. Jlis wifi' lias sini'c drceascMl, 
Icaviiii"' two oiiildreii. viz., A. I.oiiisc. and 11. (_'lav Kiclianlson. On 
SepteinUer iM, lss."i, liis daniilitei-, A. Luiiist'. was inai'rii'd to AV. A. 
llulse, ]\[.D., of I'ay Shore, !.. 1., and resides at tliat place. On tlio 
thirteentli of OetolK'i-, iss;,, ],,. ninn-itMl Mr>. I^iju H. Mott, of l!av 
Slii)re, X. ^. He lia.-^ heeii a Companion of the Xew Yoi-k ('one 
niaiiderv of (he Military Order of the Loyal Legion sinee 1S7(», and 
('lia])lain of the Ooniniandery for si.\ years, as well as in aeti\'e eoii- 
iieetioii with the (t. A. II. sinee its organization, and ser\-eil oije 
term as ])epartment ( 'liaplain of the State of Odniieetieiit. 



-lolIX N. FRKKMAX. M. I ). 



Samiie], the American ance-tor of tins iirancli of tlie l"'i-eenian 
family, came from 1 )r\-on-lui'i'. Mug., in li'i'n. and .settled in Water- 
town, Mass., where he and his descendant.-- \vei'e conspicn(ilis in the 
early histor\' of that locality. Some cd' the descendants afterwards 
removed to Xew ^ ork. The great-grandfather of ])r. l''reemaii was 
a sea cajitain of some celehi'ity, and resided at l'<inghkee[)sie, X'ew 
\ ork, i)reviotis to the American Kextihiiion. 1 )r. I''ivenian"s father, 
a JJaptist minister, was horn in Worcester, New Yoi'k', and siilise- 
(piently removed to ()liio, and s<'tlleil on a part of the ( 'oimecticiit 
\\'estern lu'seive. 

I)r. .1. N. {■"reeman. the snhjeet of this sketch, \\'as horn at La 
Orange, ()hio, on jVtigiist 4, fNol. His education was acipiired 
mainly through his own exertions. He attended the Normal Insti- 
tute at Xorwalk', ()hio, and siiloeipieiitly taught school and pursticd 
his medical sttnlies at the same time. He was graduated at the .Medi- 
cal Department of the University of the ('ity of New York in IS,") 7. 
The same year he married Lorine, daughter of dames lu-yiioids, of 
Xew York ('ity. She i.leeeased in IS7:!, having no (/hildren. 

Soon after his marriage he mo\c(l to Morris, (4rundy ('o.. III., 
where he continued the practice <d his profes.-ion until ISi;]. IK- 
went to Kngland anil studied in the London hos|iitals. In .Inly, 
ISCiL', after the hreakimj; out id' the wai-, he returned and soon after 
olfered his services to the ( iovernmeiit. Ho was first eugai:cd as 
.Vcting jVssistant Surgeon, wirhout commission. < Mi .\ugnst ■Jl, 
IStli', he was coinmissic.ined .Assistant Suigeini of tin' I'iith Xew 
^ ork \'oluiiteers i i )uryea.'s Zouavt's), and continued on duty with 
this regiment until the e\|iiration of its lerin of sei'\ ice. (In dune 
'24-. Isr,:.!, he was commissioned .\>sistant Suri^'eon of the l-hghth 
.Xew ^ ork Heavy .\rtillerv, and I'cmaiiicd with it until .lanuary II, 
ISd-f. He was then commissiuned Surgeon id' the ( )ni' Hundred 
and Sixth Xew Ynvk \'olunteers, his i-ank dating from .lanuary 4-, 
iSfii. He served with this regiment until the (dose of the war. IL;- 



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took i>nrt ill the battles of Second Bull Uiiii, MoiKieaej, Cliautillv, 
Fi'edc'ricksliurij, Spottsylvniiia, I'loody Aii<:;lc, North Anna, Cold 
Harbor, Tolopotoiny, AVcldon Jlailroad, Cedar Creek, sieije and 
capture of I'eter&burt;-. Jlis regiment was continually engaged dur- 
ing the seven days previous to the surrender of Lee at A|)])oinatto.\. 
He was lionorably liiseharged on July 1, ISiiT). 

He soon after returned to JNIorris, III., and resumed the practice 
of his ))i-ofession. In ISdCi lie was elected Coroner of (irundv Co., 
111. While tilling this ]iosition a man was arrested and coidined in 
jail, and afterwards taken out and liung by a mob. Dr. Freeman, 
as Coroner, gave his report in accordance with the facts. His life 
was threatened, but he ditl liis duty fearlessly. In l.Srto he was 
made Health Commissioner, and lield the position for four vcars. 
He removed to Brooklyn in 1S(!9, where he has since built \\]t an 
extensive ju'actice, and enjoys the contidencc and friendship of his 
numerous patients. On the organization of St. John's Ilosjiital, 
Brooklyn, in ISTI, he was a|ipointed A'isiting Surgeon, \vhich posi- 
tion he still holds. 

In 1877 he made an extended European tour, visiting Egy]it and 
the Soudan. He made careful notes during his journey, and on his 
return he delighted his inimerous friends by a wvy intei'esting lec- 
ture on the result of liis eight montlis' ti-avels. 

In 1880 he married Miss Emma L. Seaman, of Brooklyn. Dr. 
Freeman has been for many years an active member of the Hanson 
Place Baptist Church. In ISSi he joined Post 327, and is intei'- 
ested in all matters jiertaining to the advancement of the G. A. P. 



PETER W. FAGAN 

Was born in Ireland on the lirst of November, 183-J-. He came 
with his parents to America when a child, and settled in Brooklyn. 
He entered the United States Navy as apprentice, on the third of 
January, ls4',). His tirst service was on the receiving ship. North 
Carolina. On the thirteenth of February, 1853, he was ordered to 
the United States frigate, Macedonian, as landsman, and went in her 
on the Japan Expedition under Commodore Perry. He remained 
on the Macedonian for three years, and was promoted to purser's 
steward. He returned in August, lS5tl, to Boston. In February, 
1857, he joined the United States frigate, Niagara, and assisted in 
laying the Atlantic cable. In the fall of 185.S, the Niagara was 
ordered to JVIonrovia, Africa, with a number of cajitured slaves. 
July G, 1859, Mr. Fagan joined the frigate, San Jacinta, as engin- 
eer's yeoman, and was on her when Mason and Slidell were cap- 
tured. On the eleventh of December. 18(!1, he was appointed 
Master's ]\Iate, and assigned to the United States ship St. Louis. 
Cruised on the coast of Europe, and ix'turned to Port Poyal, 



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.S. ('., in [S*>'-'}. lie \v:is ])roinotLM.l Aetiiii;- Kii.sii;ii in Xuveinbcr, 
1S()2, and detaelicd for picket duty in Ciiaiicstdn Iiai-imr. 'Wmk 
part in all tlie eno;aij-eniL'iits in and aronnd Cliarleston liarlior. nntil 
tlie surrender of that place. ( )n tlic iiinrning (if tln^ esarnatidii 
he. with iithei's, visited the rector cd' St. Paul's Pliiiscopal (hui-cdi, 
and inducei! him to ij.i to tlie chui-cdi and otlei- praver fur the 
President and people ot the I'nited States. 

Ensign Pagan remained in tluMiavy until M a I'ch •_'!», iM'is, when 
he was honorahly <lischari;-ed, witli the thanks df the tieparfment, 
having served upwards of tuneteeii years, lie has since then held 
various positions in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and is at present 
engaged in the ^teaui engineer's department. 

On the 9th of March, ISOa. lie married ^^argaret .1. Kowe. of 
Brooklvn, X. Y.. hv \vhiini he has four chihlreii. 



LIEPT. JOILX V. (tUAXT 

Was horn in New York ('ity, May i'. Is37, where he resided until 
1x57, when he moved to Brooklyn, N. Y.; he eidisted in the Fifth 
Independents Battery Light Artillery, Xew ^ ork State Volunteers, on 
the fifteenth day of August, l>;(Il,as a private and served in the 
Army of the Potomac in tlie following battles: Yorktown, Fair 
Oaks, (iaines' Mills, Uolden's Farm, (ileiidale, Malvern Hill. June 
and August; Antietain, Prederickshurg. DectMiibei', ISOU; and May, 
ISGIj. (iettysburg, Rappahannock Static.in, Mine Kun and Spottsyl- 
vania, and in the Army of the Shenandoah under General Sheridan, 
in the following battles: Winchester. F'ishcr's Hill, New Market and 
Cedar Creek. 

He washoiKirably ijiscliarged as a First Lieutenant, on the fifteenth 
day of duly, IsO:)." 

He married Mary F^liza Purely, of (ireenpoint. L. L, on the 
twenty-fifth day of Jannary, 180(t. They have hail three c-hildivn, 
two of wdioni are living, viz. : (xeoi'ge Edgar and Edith Louise. 



(iENEPAL THEODOTIE BPRR (lATES 

Was born at Oneonta, in Otsego Co., N. Y., lifty odd years ago. 
His father was of F]nglisli and his niothei- of Seot(di extraction. 
He was educated in the common schools ot his town, at the Spaffiird 
Select school of Coojierstown. and the Oilbcrtsville Academy. He 
studieil law with the late Hiui. Erastus Cooke, au<i was admitted to 
the bar at Kingston, in Ulster County, in ]>4','. 

He was commissioiied I'aymaster in the Twentieth Kegiment, .\. 
Y. S. M., Sej)tember, ip IS.'ji; Cajitain of engineers in the same 



94 BiOGnvrjiKAi. skictciikS. 

ivi;imunt, Deceiiiher ■>, Is.j-i. lie was siiltsec^uuntly jii'Diuoteil to 
tlie Majority of tlie same rei:;iinent, and nn the 2Sth da\' of April, 
ISCil, marclied with his reijiiiieiit, it liavin^- vohinteered f^or a tliree 
inontlis' tour of duty, to the front. 

The regiment was stationed ah)iig the iJaltinioi'e A: Ohio Rail- 
road, with headquarters at Annapolis Junction. On the first dav 
of dune, Lientenant-(/olone] Ilirani Schoonniakcr resigned and 
Major Gates was promoted to the f.ieuteiiant Colonelcy. 

On the 29th of June the regiment was ordered into Baltimore 
and divided into two battalions, Colonel (Tcorgc W. Pratt with the 
right wing at the Custom House, and Lientenant-(3olonel Gates 
with the left at lilank street and Broadway. 

The three months" term of service having expired, tlie regiment 
took up its homeward march on the 80th of July, and arrived at 
Ivingston on the second da}' of August. 

( )u the fifth of August the field officers, George W. Pratt, 
(.'olonel, Theodore I!, (lates, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Jacob B. 
Hardenburgh, ifajur, with many of the old line and staff officers, 
began the work of re-organization of the regiment for three years' 
service, and on the 2.">tli day of October, ISIil, the regiment, 9S7 
strong, re (Miibarketl fur its second tour of duty, reaching Washing- 
ton on the 27th. 

The regiment crossed into A'irginia and reported to General 
M'Dowell, by whose orders it proceedei-l to L^pton's Hill and became 
a part of General Wadswortli's l)rigade. Here drilling, picket 
duty and occasional foraging expeditions into the enemy's lines 
occupied the time of the comnuuid until the final departure in 
March, isr)2. 

At the second battle of Bull Jtun Colonel Pratt was mortally 
wounded and the command of the regiment devolved npon Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Gates, who, npon the death of Colonel Pratt, was 
commissioned Colonel of the regiment and continued to exercise that 
command until his resignation in JNovcnd)er. 1SC4. 

In his history of the battle of Gettysl)urg, (General Doubleday, 
speaking of a change of front made by General Morrow's brigade, 
on the ridge near wdiere (leneral Pjeynolds fell in the first day's 
fight, says: "It could do so with impunity, as it was behind a ridge 
which concealed its left flaidc from Hill's Corps, ;ind was further 
protected in that direction by t\V(.) companies of the Twentieth 
New 'k'ork State Militia, wiio occn])i(^d a house and barn in advance, 
sent there by the Colonid of that regiment, Theodore B. (iates, 
wdiose skill aiul oiei'gy wi're nf great service to mc; during the 
battle." 

S])caking of the battle of the tliird day, and of the charge by 
T*ick(^tt's Division, (jeneral Doubleday says: "Before the first line 
of I'cbels reached the fcMice it was obliged to pass a demi-brigade 
under Theodore B. (iates of the Twentieth New York State 
Militia. * * * They were closely followed up by (-rates' com- 
mand, whii continued to fire into flieni at close range. This caused 



i;iiii,i;ai"iii(_'ai, skktciiks. 11.") 

iiiaiiv tu ^iin-fiitlrr, <_itli(_T;> to l•l■tl■l■n^ (intrinht. and (itliri's i^iiiiplv to 
crowd tdgether."" 

Ill speaking of cvoiits a littlt' latci- in tln' tiglit. lie ^av.s: "At 
tii-.st, iiowever, wlicii stiaiek liy Staiiiiard on tiic Hank, and \vli<;n 
I'ickrtt's cliargo was- spent, tlioy (the cni-niy) i-allit'd in a little 
hla^liing, where a gi'ove had ijern ciir down hy onr troojis t<i liavi' 
an ojieniny fi.ir our artillei'v. Tliere two i-egiinents cd' Ki>\\li'\ V 
hriiradu of my division, the ( )ne llundreil and Fiftydi^^t I'eiin-vh 
vania and tlie Twentieth New \ oi-k State Militia, undei' ( '(ilunel 
Thi'iMlme ]>. (iate^. of the latter ic'itine-nt, made a gallant cliaige 
and ili'ove thi'm ont. Pettigrew's Division, it is said, lost i',ni)(i 
])i'isonei's and l.") liattle Hags on the' left." 

After the army erossed the James, in June, l^^'A. ('uloncl (iates 
was assigned to the eoinniand of ••the pnst and defences of ("ity 
Point," with his own legiment and several other hoilies of ail anus 
of the service uinlcr his command. Thi.-- cdinmaiid end>racrd the. 
defensive works ai-ound City Puiiit, the dep^t of supplies for the 
arniv, the pas.senger and ti'an<pi]it hoats arriving ami departing, the 
jiatrol of the liarbor, for which purpo.^e a steamlmat was employed, 
the inspection of ]iasses. etc. 

In ^soveinliei^, lsC>4, (Jolonel 'iates resigned. The otticers and 
men of his i-egiinent united in a very complimentary testimonial to 
him. in which they said, among otiicr thing- : 

•'Tlie officers and men of your cnmiiKuul a|ipr.);u'li you with feeluii^s of deep 
regret ou tliis occasion. We are well aware tliat it is no unusual occurrence fur 
an olUcer who has faithfully done his duly, to reliie from his command, leavmi; 
lieliind Iiiin some of his old companions, and almost always bearing with him 
the regard and esteem, as also the alTrrlion of his men. liut it has yet to be 
leaiueil that any ollieer has ever left liehind him in the tield. a body of men who 
more siuceielv and deeply feel the loss they are sustainiiiL.'. than do the otliceis 
and men of tliie Twentieth lieaiment. K. V."S. JL 

" Having been so long together; liaviug fouglit side by side; having endured 
hard-hips logetlier, now that you leave us you carry with yon the most profound 
esteem, the siuceicst regard, and, above all. the deep alfeelion of your fellow 
soldiers. 

"It is. beyond all (|Uestion. a mailer which concerns us deeply; for we feel 
that iu losing you, we lose one who-e synip:ithies have ever been with us, whose 
v. lice has alw.ays cheered us, whose smile lias ;dways encour.iged us, and while 
we have failed in our duly, we well know that ycni have never failed in yours. 

"AW: make no allusion lo your career as a gallant soldier; that is recorded in 
the lieaits of your men. * * Trilling as mny seem to you this small triliulc cd' 
our esteem and affection, be assured it is dictated by warm and loving hearts 
towaids one whose life and career among us has iirovcd him to be a true Patriot, 
a brave Soldier, and an earnest minded ('liiistian Gentleman. 

" It may, perhaps, be some slight satisfaction to you to know that it is lo your 
example we are indebted for much that is good iu us * * " It may be .a 
greater satisfaction to you to be assured that that cxamiile shall always stand 
ijefore us * * in an "earnest endeavor to sustain the enviable reputation which 
you have confeired on our regiment. 

"And, since the st(n-in of battle for you has passed, may the future which lies 
before you be as bright and glorious iu i'ts result as the past has been distinguished 
by your nobleness and valor." 



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Ill 1S(J7 GeuL'nil Gates was appointed by Governor Fentdii one 
of the commissioners on the part of the State of New York to 
adjust and settle the elaims of tiie State against tlie United States, 
for expenses incurred in tiie organization, subsistence and transpor- 
tation of troops in the war, ])ursuant to clia]-)ter 357 of tlie laws of 
ISti". General John 15. Mclveon, afterwards Chief Justice of Utaii, 
was the otiier commissioner. 

General Gates was elected LioutenantColonel of the Thirteenth 
Regiment N. G. S. JS". Y. in May, 1881, and was commissioned on 
the tenth of that month, witli the brevet rank of Major-General. 
From November, 1SS3, until jNfav, 1SS4, he was in command of the 
regiment. In February, 1885, lie resigned. In forwarding his 
resiguatiun. General Barnes, commanding tiie Thirteentii regiment, 
endorsed it as follows : '' General Gates is one of the most distin- 
guished officers in the service of the State. He first joined the 
Twentieth Regiment N. G. S. N. Y., September 11, 1854, and 
eventnally, after passing the intermediate grades, became Colonel of 
that regiment September 2!t, ]sri2. In the meantime the Twentieth 
was mustered into the armies of the United States, and did excel- 
lent duty during the Civil War. The services of its commander 
were recognized by high praise from his superiors and by his 
appointment as Brevet i>rigadier-General U. S. Y., March 2C, 1805. 
On February (i, 18(17, (Tcneral Gates was appointed Majoi'-General 
of the Fifth Division, Is". G. S. IST. Y., a position which he resigned 
]\tarcli 2(1, 1873. Having removed to Brooklyn he yielded to the 
solicitations of the otficers of this regiment and accepted the com- 
paratively modest rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, which he has tilled 
with entire satisfaction, greatly contributing to the elriciency and 
prosperity of this command. This resignation is forwarded with 
sincere regret that Genei-al (rates finds it necessary to withdraw from 
a ])osition which he so much adorns." 

Adjutaiit-(-)eneral Farnsworth, in communicating to General 
Gates the acceptance of his resignation, says: " I beg to assure you 
that the sentiments of esteem and regret at your withdrawal from 
active service, expressed by your commanding officer in forward- 
ing your resignation, are shared liy the Commander-in-Chief, who 
is fully sensible of the loss of an officer of your long and valuable 
experience, both in the field and in the National (Tuard." 

Upon retiring from the active regiment. General Gates was elected 
Colonel of the Uniformed Veteran Association of the Thirteenth 
Regiment, which position he now holds. 



BIOliliArillCAL SKETCHES. 97 



BEEVET ^rA.TOR TiEXERAL QFIXCY A. (i rLL:\rOT;E, 

I'. S. A., 

T)i>rn in ]ll;ielc Riwr (imw l.ui-aiin. Lurain ('duntv. ( )liic>, I'"cl)niarv 
2S, 1S:>,"). (if niiii^Ird Si-dtdi. Ii-i>li and (uTinaii exti-ai timi. 

He entered the L'. S. Militarv Acadeniv at West I'diiit .lulv 1, 
isi."); was <iTadliated at the h^ail ni' Ids (dass July 1. Is4'.', and 
pronKjted in the Army tu IJrevct Second Eienteiiant ( 'oi-ps of 
En<;dneers, dniy 1. l^^i'.K Sci-ved as Assistant En^iineei' in liuihlini;- 
Flirts Mniii'oe anil ( 'allii mil. fur rlie defeiix' uf IIani|itiin Knad<, ^'a., 
ISiO-riL'; at West I'uint, X. '^'., attaidied tu tlie emiilianv uf Sap- 
])ors, Miners and I'untoniers, IS-^^-riti ; at tlie Militarv ^Veadeniv 
(Second Lieutenant Corps of Engineers, Septeniin'r ."1. IS,"):!), as 
Asst. Instruetor of Practieal IMilitary En<;-ineerin^-, Xuvendier !.">, 
Isr>2, to September l."i, is."!,"); Ti'easnrer Septendn-r I, ls.')."i. tu 
Seiiteniber 11, Is."i(), and Qnai'ti'rnuistcr Sei)tenil.ier 1. Is.'i.'i, tu Scp- 
tenilier 15. I.s5f'i : as Assistant Engineer in the eoii^frui-tiiiii uf I'"iiit 
Alonroe (First Lieutenant Corps of F^ngineers Jnl\- 1, Fs.'iCi, \':i., 
1856, and in (diarge of tlie F^igineer Ageney at New Yoi'lc, fur 
supplying and shipping inatei'ials I'nr fni-tilicatiuiis, eti/., l.S."i(i-(il, 
and in chai'ge uf fortitieatinns in Xew Vui'lc liarlmr |s57-5'.t. 

Sej'vcd during the rehellinn uf tlie seceding States. ISCil-riii; as 
Cliief Engineer of the I'ort IJoyal Expeditionary ( 'urps, IsOl-fi^, 
heing present ((!aptain Corps of Engineers, August >'■. istil.) at the 
descent tipon Hilton Flead, S. C.. Xovendiei' 7. ISCI, to January, 
18G2; as Coniniatuler of tin'. I'nion fnrees and ('hied' Engineer of 
the siege of F'ort Pulaski, (ia. (lirevet i.icntenant-( 'uliuiel April 11, 
18(i2, for gallant and nirriti>ri<.ins s;'r\ices in the ca[itnre of F'nrt 
Pulaski, Ga. I, during its siege, hiimhardmeiit and capture. FV'iiniarv 
19 to April 1 1, 1 802. visited the fort under a Hag of truce and ari'anged 
the terms of its ca[iitnlatiiin April II; mi sick leave of ahsence 
May to Julv, lsii2; engaged in assisting tin' (i'lveniur of Xew 
York in (F>rig.-General I'. S. ^'llluntecl•s, A]iril 2^. l^G2i fnrward- 
ing State troojis. August 1.'! to Septenilier 12, l>^ri2; in ciiinmand 
of District of Western Yirginia SeiitcMiilier 28 to Octnlier 14. ls(J2. 
and of the F'irst Division, .vriny uf Kentucky. Octoher 14. 18(i2, to 
flanuary 25, 1803; in command of District of Central Xentu(d<y, 
January 25 to ^Vjiril. l>'ti:l. ami of the l^. S. forces at the liattle 
of Sonierset. Ky.. ^laivh ;;o, ISO:! (Brevet Colonel, ^NFarch 3(1, 
18(i3, for gallant ami meritorious services at the liattle of Soiner>et, 
Kv.) ; on leave of alisi'uce April to ^fav, l>^t'i.". ; in command i.if the 
Department of the South, June 12 (Major ( 'orps of F^ngineers, 
June 1, 180:')), ls(i;5. to April, ls04, and of the Tentli Army Cor|is. 
July ICi, 1S<)-"). to June 17, 1804. being engaged in command of the 
oiterations against the defenses of Charleston, S. ( '.. comprising tin 
descent upon ^[orris Island July lii ; bombardment and reduc 
tion of Fort Sumter August 17-2:!, and Xov. l-li>, ami siege and 
capture of F'ort Wagner, July h> t<i Se}itember 7. 18t!:>; in 



e 



98 nroGEAPiiicAL sketches. 

coininaiid of the Teiitli .Vrmy ('orjis, in operations (Major-General 
U. S. Volunteers, July !<•, 1SI>3, for tiie di.stlngnislicd skill, abil- 
ity ani-l, gallantry displayed in the operations under his charge in 
Ciiarleston Harbor, tlie descent upon Morris Island, the reduc- 
tion of Kurt Sumter, and tlie taking of Fort Wagner and Battery 
(iregg) on .lames lliver near ISerniuda Hundred, Va., May 5 to 
June 17, lsti4, being engaged in actions of Swift Creek, May 0, and 
near Chester Station, May In, ISiil; assault and capture of the 
i-ight of the enemy's intrenchments in front of l)i-ui'y"s ]>lutf, May 
it;, 18t)4; defense of JSernnida Hundred May IS and 20, IStU, and 
reconnoissance of the enemy's lines before Petersliurg, June ',K 
18*i-l-; in conunand of the Divisions of the Nineteenth Army Corps 
in defense of Wasiiington, D. C.. July 11, 1S(!4, and in pursuit of 
the enemy under General Eai'ly till July 1-1-, 18(54, when he was 
sevorelv injured by the fall from liis horse ;' on sick leave of absence 
on acc(.)unt of injuries. .Inly l<i to August 21, lS(i4; !is President of 
a i)oard for testing Ames" wrtnigiit iron cannon October and Noveni- 
bei', lSt)4: on tour of inspection of Fortilications from (_^airo. III., to 
Pensacola, l''la., Xovcnibcr l's, lsi;4, to .January 'M), 180;"); in com- 
mand of the Department of the South. l'\'bruary !• to November 1 7. 
iSC),") (IJrevet Prigadier-General T. S. Army, ^larch 1^), iMfi."), for 
gallant and meritorious services in the caj)ture of Ft. Wagner, S. C.; 
Brevet Major-General V. S. .Vrmy, March i::!. ISO."), for gallant and 
meritorious services in the assault on ]\Iorris Island, S. C, July I'l, 
lS(i3, and the Ijombardment and ilemolitiou of Fort Sumter) ; as 
assistant to the Chief <if Engineers, in cliarge of the Third Division 
of the Engineer IJurenu, at Washington, D. (.'., December .">, 18<)5, 
to November s, lS('>t> (resigned volunteer commission of l\Iajor- 
General, December ."i, lS(j.")); as member of a Special l>oard of 
Engineers to conduct experiments in connection with tlie use of 
iron in the construction of i>ermanent fortifications, September 11. 
18G(>, to May 18, 18()7 ; of I>oard for examining and improving the 
Washington City Canal, March to July, 1S()6 ; as Superintending 
Engineer of the fi)rtitications on Staten Island, N. Y.. November 
15, isdti, to the ])resent time (Lieutenant-Colonel Corps of 
Engineers, .lanuary 13, ls74) ; as Sn]>erintending Engineer of the 
fortilications in Ilamjiton Iioads, Va., Auirust 8, 1874, to the 
])resent time; as Supei'intcnding Engineer of the fortilications at 
Beaufort. N. C, from December 18, 1867, to September .SO, 1882, 
and of Fort Caswell, mouth of Cape Fear River, N. (\. Forts 
Sumter, Moultrie, and Johnson, and Castle Pinckney, Charleston 
Harbor, S. C., Forts Pulaski and Oglethorpe, Savannah River, Ga., 
and Fort Clinch, Fernandina, Fla., from December is, lS(i7, to the 
])resent time, and of Fort Marion, St. Augustine, I'la., December, 
IS, 18(;7. to August 20, 1884 (Colonel Corps of Engineers, Feb- 
ruary 2n, iss:^). 

Member of Poard of Engineers to re]iort u])on the shi|i canal to 
connect the Mississijipi River M-itli the Gulf of ^lexico, 187.3-74; 
of Board of Engineers ti_) report upon the .lames River and Kana- 



lUouijAi'iiK'Ai. sKirrriiics. 99 

wlia cuiial pi'MJcc't. 1^74; I'rrsidciit of ll.iaril fur tcstino- (iatliiii;- 
(inu< I'ui- till' llauk ilctViisc uf lurtiHiMtidiis, 1S74: liv executive 
ai)[)(_)iiitiiu'iit, iiiL'iiiliei- (if IJiiai'il to ti.->t tin- ^trcimtli ;iii(l value of 
ii-iiii, steel ami otlici' irietals, 1S7."> : nainiMJ in Act of ( 'niio-ress, 
iiienihur o{ ( 'oiiinii.ssioii on |-i'[i;i\ cineiit I'f Piiiiisvlvaiiia a\cniu;, 
\\^a8liiiii;t(_iii. !).('., i'^7li-7T; incinliei' "t Unnnl fn cNainiiii' iiitu 
ami ivj)oi-t 111)1(11 the fdiimlatidii uf the Washin^tdii Xatiomil .Mciiiii- 
iiient, Act iif .\iii;Mist 2, isitl; Meiiiher of Bdanl of Kll^•illecl■s mi 
iiaproveinciit of ("harlestou Ilaiiior. S. ( '.. 1^7^-84; of IJi.iai-d of 
Eun'iiieers on iinprovement of Sax'aiiiiah llarlior and Kivei', (ia.. 
1879 to ]ss4; of IJoard of Eii:j:iiieer.s on improvement of Pass 
C'avallo Inlet, Aransas Pass, ami liay and entrance to (4al\eston 
Harbor, Texas, I87'.i-S4; 1)\- executive appointment, is at the 
present time President of the i[ississi|i|)i Uiver ('onimissioii, 
created hy Act of Congress of .Tune 28. lS7'.t ; Pi-esident of lioai'd 
of Engineers on the further impi-ovenieiit iif (';ipe l'"ear i;i\er. 
X. C, lSSl-85 ; of l>o;ird of Engineers on the iinpro\enient of 
the Potouiac Itiver, in the vicinity id' "Washington, I). ('., 
18^2-S."!; nieniher of .loint Hoard of Arinv and Xavv otKcers 
to report upon ;iii inteimu' const line of water \va\s for the 
defense of the Atlantic ;ind (inlf sea hoard. 1884-80; ineiuber of 
I'.oard oi \ isitors lor the Kni;iiieer Scliool uf Application at 
Willetts" point, X. v., issTi, and iniMiihia- of several other Hoanls 
and ( 'oniniis>ions. 

In charge, at the present time, of the imiu'ov'emeiit^ of the fol- 
lowing named i-ivers ami harbors, \iz. : ( 'hai'le.^ton Harbor, S. ('.. 
Sa\annah Harbor ami Ri\-ci-, ( ia., ilruiiswick II. irhor. ( ia., entrance 
to Cumberland Sound, C.i. and l''la., Wai^poo ('lit, S. C., the .Vsh- 
ley, Edistcj and Salkahateliie Kivers, S. ('., and Savannah and Alta- 
malia Rivers and Pomerly ]Marsli, Ca., ami recently in charge of 
surveys for a ship canal from the St. .b.iliu's Kiver to the (iulf of 
Mexico, and for a steaniboiit I'oute from the St. Jobu'.s River c/a 
Topokalija Jvake to Charlotte Haiiior and Pease Creek, Fla., aiul 
of the iinprovemeuts of the bar at the mouth of St. .lolin's Piver, 
Fla., Volusia P.ar, and the St. .lolin's Uiver between Lake (ieorge 
and Lake ]\[oucor. Fla. 

Civil Ilivtory — ilember of Itoard of ('ivil Engineers to select 
jilau for a railway bridge over the East liiver at PlackwelTs Island, 
February, 1S77; of Poarils to examiue and i-cport on the bulk- 
head wall. Xorth Piver. Xew York, 187l! and ISSl ; named in act 
of New ^'oi'k Legislature niember of a("ommissioii to locate (til- 
bert elevated railroads in Xew York city, 1872. 

Degree of .V. AI. conferred by Olierlin College, (.)hio, IS.'iCi, and 
of Pli. D., by Putgers College, Xew Jersey, June V.\ 1^77. 

Author of a work on the " Siege and Peduction of Fort Pulaski, 
fra.," LSCc*; of a practical treatise on " Limes, Hydraulic Cements 
and Mortars," 181)3 ; of " Engineer and Artillei-y < )perafions Against 
the Defenses of Charleston in 186o:"" of a practical treatise on 
Poads, Streets and Pavements, 187'i: of a ju-actical treatise on 



iod 



HldOKArillCAL SKKTCaiW. 



" Coignet-Bcton ami (.)tliei' Artificiiil Stones,'' 1871; of a work oti 
"The Comparative Sti'ength, Specific Gravity and Tiatio of Absorp- 
tion of tiie l^uilding Stones of the United States/' 1^75, and of a 
memoir on the suljject of sea coast defenses, ISSI. 

As Judge at tiie Philadelphia C'entennial Exhibition, 1S7(!. made 
spetial re|)orts on various Hydraulic Cements and Artificial Stones, 
and on lirick Making Machinery. Erick Kilns, Pavements, ifcc. 
Author of articles on Bitumen, Cements, Bricks, Sewers, l)i-edging 
and Scouring, Kilns and Roads and Pavements in Johnson's New 
Universal Cyclopedia, of ''Dredging in Ocean Bars," and on 
•'Obstruction to River Dischai-ge by Bridge J^iei's," in A'^an Xos- 
trand's Eclectic EngintM'ring JMagazine, and of other papers on 
scientific subjects. 

(Tcneral Gillmore is a nuMuber of the American Society of Civil 
Engineers, member of Board of Experts to examine pavements, 
and I'ecomiiiend iiew pavements for the city of Philadelphia, ISSi; 
a mendjcr of the Board of Civil Engineers to estimate the cost of 
Xew York. West Shore A: Buffalo Raih-oad, 1881. 



ASSISTANT-EISTGINEER .TAMES HARE 

Was born in England, on the twenty-fourth of June, 1832, and 
came to America, when a child. Previous to the war, he followed 
the occu]iation of patternmaker. On the nineteenth of August, 
1863, he enlisted in the United States Navy as Assistant Engineer, 
and was assigned to the gunboat "Mary Sanford," then forming a 
part of the blockading squadron off Charleston harbor, his ship 
assisted in the capture of blockade runners, and participated in all 
the engagements in and around Charleston harl)or. She was sub- 
sequently ordered to St. Andrews Sound, Ga. "While on service at 
that ])oint, J\[r. Hare acconijianied an expedition up the Saltilla river 
to destroy a saw and rice mill. The expedition was tired on from 
rebel riHe pits and the pilot was killed. The expedition returned to 
the station, and the ship was subsequently ordered to Charlest-on, 
where she remained until the close of the war. Mr. Hare was honor- 
al)ly discharged in September, 1865. 

In October, 1869, he was appointed foreman in charge of the pat- 
tern shop connected with the Jjrooklyn Navy Yard. His long term 
of service affords the best evidence of his ability, and of his apjire- 
ciation by the "Siwy De]iartment. 

In 1S()7, he married Miss Jane Crnnmiey, connected with one of 
the oldest families in Kinn;s County. 



nHlliKAI'llU'AI. SKincllKS. Idl 



WILLIAM II. noPvToX 

Was liniii ill Whitu Plains, AVi'strliesti-r Co., N. V.. dii tlie thirtietii 
of (Jc-tolxT, 1.S41. On tliu twfiity-.-Jecdiid of Auii-iist, lS(>-2, lie 
enlisted for tliree years in Conipaiiy I!. One IIiuicli-cij and Tliirtv- 
fiftli Kegiinent New York \'olunteers, as private. He was siihse- 
(^nently ]">roiiioted to cor|.H)ral, and flieii to sergeant. 

Some time after being' niustei'ed in, Ids regiment was transferred 
to the Artillery service, and known as the Sixth Xew York Heavy 
Artillery, and was attaclied to the Third, Fifth and Twenty-fourth 
Array Coi-ps. The regiment, however, continued to do infantrv 
duty." 

Mr. Ilorton participiated with his i-ei;inient in the liattles of the 
AViklerne,s,s, Todd's Tavern, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania C. IL, Elli- 
sou's Farm, Xortli AnnaKivei', IJethesda Church, Horse Shoe Lend, 
Cedar Grove, Cold Harbor, and siege of Petersburg. He remained 
with the army until the ex])iration of his term of ser\'iee, and was 
honorably discharged in July od, isil."). He I'etui-ned to civil life, 
and has been for some years attatdied to the Naval ' tflice at the jiort 
of Xew York. 

OntlieGth of. October, ISli'J, he married Miss Celia (iedney. Tliej 
have six chihiren, viz., _Mai-viii X.. Wilbur T., Frederick W., 
Koilerick G., Clifton 1)., and Edith. 

Mr. Ilorton served as a member of the lielief (iuaid on Major 
Tail's detail, S to 11 r. :«., August -1, while the remains of General 
Grant lay in state at the Capitol, and on the seventh at Xew York, 
from 11 A. M. to 2 V. m. 



SERGEANT W. P. HART()F(;il 

Was Ijorn in Lrooklvn, X. Y., on the twentv-sixth of Ft'bruai-y, 
ISSO. 

C)n the twenty-ninth of August, l^i'ii. he liilir-ted for three yeai's 
as a private in Com]iany I. ( )n(^ HiindriMl and thiity-ninth liegi- 
ment JN'ew York \'olunteers. He went with his ivgiment to the 
front, and participated in the engagements at Charles City C. IL, 
Crum]j's Cross Ii(.>ads, and several skirmi.-hes. 

( )n the first of -Tuly, 1804, his regiment joined the Army of the 
Potomac, and with it he took part in the iiattle of Drury's Bluff, 
and siege of Petersburg. The brigade to which his regiment was 
attached, took possession of the heights of Petersburg. He sub- 
sequently took part in the cng;i|,2:ement at Fort Harrison and Cha- 
plin's Farm. Tlie l)rigade to which he was attached was the first to 
enter Richmond after its caiiture. He was mustered out of service 



102 lilOGRAPinCAL SKETCH?:^. 

with liis regiment as First Sergeant on the nineteenth of June, 1S65, 
and discharged at Hart's Island on the first of July following. 

He was for a number of years after the war engaged in the 
crockery business, llis present location is'8'23 Myrtle avenue. 

In 1S6G he married Margaret Ilickcn-, of l>rooklyn, N. Y. Tiiey 
have one cliild, named Walter I). Jr. 

Mr. Ilartough served in the Ilelief Guard from 11 i-. m. on the 
fonrtli, to 2 p. m. on the fifth of August, while tiie remains of Gen. 
Grant lay in state at Albany. He also served in New York from 
11 A. M. to 2 1'. M. on the seventh. 



CHAKLES F. HAMMELL 

Was born in I'liilailelphia, Fa., on the sixth of January, 1837. He 
removed to Xew York in 1852. 

On the eighteenth of August, 18G2, he enlisted as corjjoral in K 
Conii)any, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Iteginient New York 
Volunteers, for three years. He participated in the second battle of 
Williamsburg, Chapin's Farm, Crump's Cross Koads, Drury's Bluff, 
Bermuda Hundred, Swift Creek and Cold Harbor. After the latter 
engagement, Mr. Ilamniell was on detached service by order of Gene- 
ral Butler in the Frovost ^larshal's office, Deiiartment of Virginia 
and North ('arolina. He had charge of a camp of distribution at 
Fermnda Hundred, and remained there until tlie capture of Rich- 
mond. He was subsequently ajipointed Commissary of Libby Fri- 
son by Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Ordway, at that time Provost 
Marshal General. Mr. Hammell remained there until June 15, 1865, 
and then returned to his regiment, wliich was mustered out of ser- 
vice at Manchester, Va., June 19, 1805. 

In 18G7, he married Mary Heniiihill, of Phiiadelpliia. They have 
one child, named AVilliam E. 

Mr. Hammell is Treasurer of the One Hundred and Thirty-nintii 
Kegiment War Veteran Association. He was formerly a member 
of llankin Post No. 10, G. A. E. 

Mr. Hammell was among the first who went to Mount McGregor, 
July 2'!, to guard tiie remains of General (Trant. On tlie fifth, at 
Albany, he was on Adjutant Price's Relief from 5 to S a. m., again 
on the sixth, 5 to N a. m. and 1 1 a. :m. to 2 r. .m. again on the seventii 
in the moriiin<r and evenino-. 



RKnnjAPIlICAr. >KETCnES. 



l(i;^, 



('OI.ONEL K. (). TIOTrilKISS 

Inherits from his ancestors tlmt niiiitai-y ardor and cnthnsiasni tiiat 
lias made him one of the most cfHeient otHcers of the National 
Guard. His paternal and maternal great-yramUatlier fonght in tlic 
War of the Kevohition. 

( 'ol. llotehkiss was horn in Xe\v\ (:irk City on the sixtli of Xovem- 
her, lSu2. He was edncated at ])rivate schools and completed his 
course at the Xew York University (-irammar ydiool. 

lie first liecame connected with militar}- affairs niuler the old 
militia system, and in lS(;-2 he assisted in organizing ("ompany D of 
the famons Twenty-third Kegiment. He joined as ])rivateand rose 
rapidly from tlie grades of non-commissioned officer to that of 
First Lientenant. He serveil with his regiment in the ^lai'yland 
and Pennsylvania campaign of jSCiS. He serve<l witli the Twenty- 
third Kcginient at East New Yorlc, doing guard duty over the Km- 
]iirc Brigade (Spinola's) ; also dui'ing the I'iots of lS(i.'! he did guard 
duty at Atlantic Dock and other jioints. In Ist'i.j he was attached 
to the staff of Brig.-Gen. Jesse ( ". Smith, commanding Eleventh 
Brigade, N. G. S. X. Y., as Major ijf Engineers, and while serving 
in this capacity was detaih'd hytieii. iSmitli to raise a hattcry for 
, the hrigade. With his accustomed enci'gv and enthusiasm he suc- 
ccedeil in I'aising the Howitzer Battery, now known as the Gatling 
or Third Battery. X. (i. S. X. Y. He continued in command of 
this hattci-y with tlie rank of Major for sevei'al years, serving at 
the same time on the staff of Gen. Smith. He is now Colonel, 
commanding Twenty-third Regiment (i^niformed \'etei'an Battalion 
X. G. S. Jf. Y. He is also senior First Lientenant ni tlie ( Md 
Guard of X'ew York city. 

Ill 1S.J5 he married Miss 
They have five children, viz 
S., Annie Lee and Thomas E. 

His eldest son, ('harles S., 
National Guard. 

Colonel Ilotchkiss is still in the prime of life, stron 
perfect pliysi(pie; he looks every inch tlie soMiei-. 



Kachel E. Smith of r)oston, .Ma^s. 
; Chailes S., AuL;nsta M., (ienevieve 



alreailN' served a 



ful 



term m the 
rohust. witii 



SECOXn LIEIT 



AAIES ll.WDS 



Was horn in Ireland in 1SI3. He came with his ])arents to America 
in IS.Mt. Oil Septend)er 3, ISf'iii. he eidisted in Company E. One 
Hundred and Seventieth IJvgimfiit Xew Yoi-k \'olunteers. and was 
made S^M'ijcant. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant l)y (Jon-. 
Seymour ( )ctof)er ."). Ist;:!. He took part in tlie l)att!es of Suffolk, 
Brewster's Station, K ip[)ahannock Station, Spottsylvania, Wilder- 



lOi mOGllAPlIRAL SKETCHES. 



iiess, North Anna, Cold Hirhur, Tolopotoui)-, and siege of Poters- 
Imrg. At tlie latter place he was wounded and sent to tiie liospital 
at City Point, tlience to Alexandria, Ya. He was lionorablj dis- 
cliarged August 27, 1SG4. 

In ISTii he married Mary Doidin, of Brooklyn. They liave five 
rdiil<h-en, viz. : ]\[arv, -Tolui, liegina, Loi'etta. and Annie May. 

Mr. Hands was one of tiie early members of Post '■^•27. He was 
appointed a member of tlie " ftelief (Tiiard '" wiiile tiie remains of 
(reneral (irant lay in state at the Capitol in Albaii}', and continued 
on duty at regular intervals until the body was deposited in its 
teni])arary resting place at Riverside Park. He served on ilajoi- 
Tait's detail August S from 5 to 8 a. m.. this being the last dt-tail 
!)efore the march to liiverside. 



FEAXKLIN liri'.l'.S 

Was born at Ilempsti^iil, L. J., on .June 11, ls47. lie enlisted as 
]irivate in C<jmi)any K. ( )ne Hundred and Forty-fifth IJegiment 
New York A%)lunteci-s, on August 21, 1S62. He was then but l."j 
veai's of age. In the fall of ISOo his com|iany was transfei'red to 
the One Hundred and Seventh New York Infantry. He partici- 
pated in the iiattles of ChaTicellorsville and (iettysbnrg. lie was 
afterwards sent with the Twentieth Army Corps to Sherniaii'.s Army 
in the West, and took ])art in all the engagements of that corps, 
including the battles of Peach Ti'ee Creek, Alatoona, sfege and cap- 
ture of Atlanta. He accom]ianied iSherniau in his "march to the 
sea,'" and took jiart in all the engagements of that campaign. After 
tin' capture of Savannah he was detailed as Provost (luard to Gen- 
eral Jackson, commanding first division, Twentieth Army Corps. 
He continued in that ]iosition until he was mustered out of service 
on June ."», ISll.j, at F]lmira, N. Y. 

Ill 1ST2 he married .Miss I'hu'be J. liahlwin, of Hempstead. L. 1. 
They have four living children, \iz. : ('larence \., Henry F., Ida 
F., and FVanklin, ji-. 

He removed to Prooklyu souii after the close of the wai-. He has 
been' for ii])ward3 of twenty years connected with the large furni- 
ture house of Frank liolmer i\; Co., X(!W York. 

He was formerly a member of Harbara FVitchie Post 11. ( )n 
February 11, l>^s."), he joined Post :'.27. Pnder order No. 7 he wa.-- 
appointed one of the Relief (iuai'd at the Cajiitol. at Albany, ami 
was first on duty with the Second Relief, August 5, under com- 
mand of .\djutaiit Pi-ice. He remained on duty until the closing 
ceremonies at Riverside Park on the afternoon of August S. 



l:lOl..RAI'IlU'.U. SKETCHED. Ill,") 



ADJl'TANT ELIIMIAI.ET IIKX DliH KSOX 

AVas bom in Qncoiis County. I,. I., Anj^ust 13, ls;','j. Previous to 
the w.ir lie was eonuected with tin- hniilior llU^ines,■-•. 

April, ls<;i. lie enlisted in ('ninjiaiiy I), Thirteeiitli Ri i;;iiiiciit 
X. Y, S, Militia, for three iiioiiths. Sejiteiiiher li'tli fulhiwiiig- he 
enlisted in Coniiiany (t, Ki^hty-seventh ]vegiiiieiit N. Y. N'ulun- 
teers, for tliree yeai's. He jiartieipated in tlic hattles of Yoi-k- 
towu. Williamshiirii-, Fair Oaks. Seven Days' I'i-lit. incliidiiii;- the 
liattles of Peach ( Ireliard, Savai;-e Station, A\'hiti- < tak Swani|i, 
Charles City Cross lloads, and IMalvern Hill. In Septcmliei-. ISic'. 
the regiment was consolidated with the Poi-tietli Ne\v "^'oi-k i known 
as the Mozart) Eeirinieut, the Eighty-seventh Iteginient having lieen 
redneed hy losses to sueh an extent as to lie no longer etfeetivt'. 
Mr. Ilendriekson took part in the liattles of Ei-cderieksliurg, Clian- 
eellorsville, (Tettysl)urg, Mine Eiin, Spottsyl vania. Cold Ilarlior. 
Weldeli Eailroad, Hatcher's Pun and Petersliurg. aixl the (Jther 
eniragenients leading to the linal suri'ender of Eee's army at Apjni- 
mattox. 

He was promoted tiirough the grades of non-comniissioned otli- 
eer, and in .lune. 1SG4, was commissioned Secoml Eieutenant ; on 
<)ctolier ^, I >itU, was jiromoted First Eier.tenant and Ailjutant, 
continuing in tiiis position until he was mustered out of service, 
June 27, 'iSii.J. 

At the close of the war he renewed his former Imsiness. In 
1S77 lie estahlisheil tlu' mainifacriire of jKH'king lioxcs. which lie 
has since continued. 

In 1808 he married Eola ^lercedes Eeynolds, of Xew York. 
They have had one child, deceased. 

Mr. Ilendriekson is a member of Hillgrove Eodge, ■>4.0. V. A. M., 
of Rose Ci'oix Chapter, R. A. M., and ( >li\-e Branch Council. 

During the funeral obsequies of General (irant. while the remnins 
laid in state at the Capitol in Albany and at the ( 'ity Hall in Xew 
York, he formed one of the Relief Eo<ly Ciiard, and was on duty 
at Alliany August 4 from ."> to s v. m., and on the oth at s a. m.; 
the same dav in Xew ^'oi'k fi'oin 8 to II v. m.. and on the Ttli he 
served (jii the detail of ])a\id .\. Pitcher from >> to 11 i'. m. Jlis 
portrait appears in Croup 4. 



•lAMES P. IIOAVATT 

Was born in Allcglieny County. Pa., .lune 1. Is4.">. At the break- 
ing out of the war he was serving his time as machinist's ap]iren- 
tice in the extensive iron and machinery works of Hewes A: Phil- 
lips, at X'ewark. X". .1. 



106 BIOCiKAl'llICAL SKETCHES. 

Oil August i), ISi'd, Ijeiiig tlieii bnt seventeen years of age, lie 
enlistcfl as private in Company 1), Tliirteentli Regiment New Jer- 
sey Volunteers, for tliree years, or tlie war. < )n August 25, lie. with 
other members of Company I), was transfericd to Company I and 
mustered into the service. The ti'aiisft!,' was vohintary ; Company 
D having the ma.ximum numher of ll>2, while Company I was 
below the minimum. The transfci' was made for the purpose of 
l)ringing the latter u]) to the standard ; as soon as this was aceom- 
)i!islied Mr. Howatt, with his other comrades, returned to Coiupaiiy 
I), and remained with that company to the close of the war; but 
having lieen mustered in with Company I, he and his comrades were 
ineligible for promotion in Company D, which they refused to leave. 
This change proved a barrier to the promotion he earned by hi's gal- 
lant conduct ; he with fifteen others, otticers and ]>rivates of his reg- 
iment having been mentioned in Ilegimental Orders for coolness 
aud etKcicncy on the battlefield of Chaiicellorsville. 

His rpgimcnt left Xewai'k for the fi'oiit on September 1, 18(52, and 
was assigned tn the Thin! llrigade. First Division, Twelfth Corps, 
Army of the i'otomac. At the battle of Antietam his regiment 
lost l(i5 men killed and wounded. ]V[i-. Ilowatt participated in the 
several engagements fought by the Army of the Potomac, notably 
the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Chaiicellorsville and Get- 
tysburg. On the second day's fight at Gettysburg, July 3, 1S6.'>, 
Mr. Ilowatt was wounded in the head and foot and was absent from 
his regiment until September 21, lS(i3, when he reported to liis 
eom))aiiy for duty. In ()ctol)er following liis regiment was ordered 
to join (len. Shennan's army in the West, and was attached to the 
Twentieth Army Corps, commaiuled b}^ Generals Hooker and Slo- 
cum. Ho subsequently jiarticipated in the following engagements 
of tlie (xcorgia campaign in 1 801, viz. : llesacca, C\issville, Dallas, 
Pine Knob, Kulp's Farm, Xenesaw Mountain, Nancy's Creek, 
Peach Tree (^reek, siege of Atlanta from July 22 to September 1, 
Sandersonville, November 2(!, ISCl, near Savannah, December 0. 
IStil, ca])turo of Savannah December l."> to 21. On the march of 
the army northward in 1805 Mr. Howatt took |>art in the battles of 
Averyslioro, N. C, March Iti, and Bentonville i\iarch Is. 

Mr. Ilowatt was mustered out of service on June 21, lS(;,"i. He 
was for some years a member of Rankin Post, ]S'o. 10, G. A. R., of 
lirooklyn, and withdrew with others to organize Post 327. After 
the death of General (Irant he went with other comrades of Post 
327 to Mount ]\[c(Tregor and formed one of the Casket Bearers 
of the Guard of Honor, and continued to serve in that capacity 
until th(^ closini;- ccrenioiru's at Riverside on August 8, ISSf). 



litorfKATincAI. SKKH'IIKS. lOY 



LI EFT. K. R. .KMIXSON 

Was IxU'll ill Xi'W 'l (ill< ('it\ nil I)rrclMlici' 4. 1^:17. laM'civi.Ml -A 
i;iio(l C'onniKiii sclidiil and iiirrcaiitilc cilm-at i.pii. I-]:irl\ in lil'o lie 
cxliiliiteil a I'dniliicss for niilitarv ilrill, ami uii ( )ciiilirr 1'.*. Is.'ii!, Im 
jciilieil till' faiiKiiis Seventh Keginicnt, and mi A|iril I'.t. ISCil. 
iinnR'diatcIv alter tlie surrender (jf Fdi't Siinilei'. lie went with his 
rciz'inient to the Irnnt un tliii't\' ila\>' sei'viee. lie a^ain \nliinteered 
with his regiment, in May, Im'il'. fur three niiinth>. ( )n ()ctol>er 
1"_', 1st!:.', he was ediiimi^^iiiiieil Fir.-t Lieutenant (d' ( 'unipany A, 
Third liegimeiit Xew Ynvk Iiil'antry X'liliinteers, ami eni'olled tnr 
three yeal's. lie tudk part in tlie liallies ul Sidliplk and Ilamixcr 
('ciurt IFniise, \'a., and was sikhi alter nidei'ecl tn join (TJllnKire's 
I'drces in S-nith ('ai'nlina. lie tuck part in all tin' eiiiiae-enients in 
and ar(_innd ( 'liarlej-ti.m Ilarli(.ir, iiieliiding the siege ni' Fort Siimtei'. 
the attacks on .hdiii ami James Island, and the assault of Fort 
Wagner. Jle was wounded in the last engagenient and conliiieil in 
the hospital foi' severai weeks. In Isdd he returned with his regi- 
ment to \'ii'ginia and |iartieij>ated in the hattle of I'erniuda Hun- 
dred, lie was >ooM aft<'r discharged on tlu' Surgeon's eertitieate td' 
disaliility. and was nnisti'ivd out on July I'S, |s(i4. 

In IsCiS he mari'ied iMiss Susan .Adams, of IJrouklyn. They have 
two living (diililren (having lost one). Those living are F]dn:i 
Louise and (xeorge ('larlc. 

Mr. Johnson has been, for a niimher of years, engaged in liusi- 
ncss as custom house bi'oker. 

He joined Kaiikin Tost, Xo. I n, (i. A. U., in 1S72, and on the 
organization of Post 3:^7 he lieeame nwr id' the charter nienihers. 
While the i-emains of (xeneral (4rant lay in state at Albany he 
formed one of thi' ■• ludicf (iiiard,"" and was a member of Alajor 
Tait's detail, .\ugii-t 4, from s to II v. m. (in August ."i, at Xew 
Vork. he Avas on dutv IVoni If tii -J a. m.. an<l again on the Ttli, 
from 1' to ."i I'. M. 



ANDREW JACOBS 

Was born in llingham, Mass.. on the eighth of Fcbruavy, 1843. 
Previous to the war, he was engaged in farming. 

On the second of August, isiil," he enrolled as private in (I Com- 
pany, Twenty-lirst llegiment Massachusetts Volunteers, for three 
years. He accompanied Bnrnsides'' Expediticjii to North Carolina, 
and took part in the battles of Roanoke Island, Newbern, N. C., 
Camden and South Mills. His regiment was subsequently attached 
to the Army of the Potomac. Mr. Jacobs was taken sick at New- 
port News, and sent to Alexandria, where he remained in the liospi- 
tal for about a mouth, and was then sent to St. Elizabeth Hospital 



108 BIOGRAPIIICAT, SKETCHES. 

in Washington, and from tliere to Providence, R. I., where lie was 
honorably discliarged on the sixteenth of March, 1S()?>. 

In 1865, lie canie to New York, and entered thehonse of Stetson 
A: Minot. In 1S(J7, he became connected with the Assabet Manu- 
factiirino; (!ompany as its New York representative. lie has con- 
tinued in that capacity for eiwliteon years. 

• In isTl, he married Miss Mary E. Howe, of Brooklyn. Tlioyhave 
one cliild, named AVarreii. 

Mr. Jacobs keeps up his old army associations. He is a member 
of the Society of the Bnrnside Expedition and Ninth Army Corps. 

Mr. Jacobs was one of the first who went to Monnt ilcGreiror, 
Jnly 26, to guard the remains of General (irant. He was again on 
duty at the City Hall, New York, on the seventh from S toll a. m., 
and on the eighth from 2 to ."> a. m. 



COL. wrLLiA:\r a. joxes. 

Do))nty Collector nF the port of New York, was born in the town 
of Lancaster, Canaija, on September 2."), ls;5-l-, his father being at 
the time a citizen of the United States and a resident of St. Law- 
rence County, N. Y. 

The early life of Colonel Jones was sjient on the farm, where his 
educational o]iportunities were limited to the common school. On 
reaching his majority the California gold fever was at its height, 
and young Jones started for the " land of ])romise '' with visions of 
"golden opportunities." On his arrival in New York he found 
the people greatly excited over the Nicaragua Filibuster Expedi- 
tion of AValker, who had attempted to seize one of the Nicaragua 
line of steamers and prevent the landing of her jiassengers, thus 
compelling hei" to return with them to New Yoi'k. In conscfpience 
of this, the mail line of steamei-s ])ut up the fare from §15(1 to !5;jO<i. 
The financial i-esources of young Jones were limited, and after spend- 
ing a few days in the metropolis, he was compelled to return home, 
a sadiler if in it a wiser man. He soon after this entered Franklin 
Academy, of which Professor Gorliam was principal, and spent 
two years in ])reparing for college ; at the expiration of this time 
j>romisiiig inducements were otfered him f(.)r engaging in business, 
and the former jmiject was abandoned. He continued in lousiness 
until the breaking out of the war. In the summer and fall of 1861 
he assisted in organizing the Ninety-eighth liegiinent of New York 
Volunteers. Owing to the sudden illness of his wife, and her 
extremely critical condition, he was compelled for a time to remain 
at home. In .Inly of the following year, the health of his wife 
having greatly improved, he determined to sacrifice all ])ersoiKil 
interests and enlist for the war. He informed his partner of his 
purpi !,■,(_■, ;iiid ai-ranged his liusiness atlairs accordingly. Soon after 



BIOGRAI'illCAI. SKETCnKS. 109 

this ;iii (ilil class-matf. tlu' latr .Majnr A\'iii. I). Ilrfiiiiaii, visited liis 
liiiiiie ill ^laluiie, ami after a In-icf interview the two eiitcrci-1 
Justice ^Vllen's oiliee aliil were swum into tlie siM-\'iee as ])rivates. 
(in Sejitenilier ."). ] ^02. T(i:^ctlicr llic\' i-"niinen('c(l i-aisini;' a euni- 
])aiiy, and witliiii ten days seenred aihl innstered into tlie service 
(ine liiiiidrcd and tifteeii men. Mr. .Imies was elected ('aptaiii, and 
his friend Urennan Fii'st Lieutenant. I'liis conipany formed a part 
of the ()iie Hundred and Forty-secund Rei;inient of New Yorl< 
N'lilunteers, and (_'aptain Jones .^ccni'cd a place in tlie line as I) 
Company. He went with his i-ei;inient tu Washington and was on 
duty in front of Washington and neai' Faii-fax (_'. H., diirini;' tlii' 
winter of ]S<iL!-3. His regiment was suliscrpiently ordered to 
SulfVilk, and he to(ik ipart in the defi-at of hoUii'street. In Sejitem- 
lier, lS6o, jiis rei^iment was oi-(lcred to ( 'liarleston, S. ('.. to i-cin- 
force (ieneral (xilhiKU'e. ('aptain Joni's [lartieipated in all the 
ena'affenients in and around ( 'liai-le>toii hai-hor, including:' John, 
James, and Mori-is islands. In .\pril. l^'il. ho I'etiii'iied with his 
ivgimeiit to \'ii-ginia. and toiJ< part in tlu' liattlcs of JuM-niuda llun- 
(h-ed. Appomattox, L)rury"s jlJutY. also the en^-ai;-ements in front of 
I'eterslmri;-. includini;- the ]\rine Explosion. He suhsecpiently took 
part ill the liattles (if Cold Harlioi-. CliaiiiiTs Farm, and Fort Harri- 
son. At the later eiigam'ment (.'aptains llreiinali and ivansom, of 
the < )ne Hundred and Forty -see(.iiid, each lost a leg. and Captain 
liansom died soon after. Ca]itain Jones was disabled liytlie disloca- 
tion of his left arm at the elliow and sent to Hampton Hospital. 
Having alread}' served for two years, without a day's absence from 
his command, and being uutit for duty he ajiplied to General 
IJutler for leave of alisence to visit his home. This was at first 
refused, but tlirougli the intercession t>( his ( 'olonel (Curtis) lie 
finally succeeded. 

Soon after his return he was eonimis»ioned ^[ajol•, and embarked 
on the steamer Charles Thomas, which sailed fivnii l''ortress Monroe 
under sealed orders. iShe encountered a heavy gale olf ( 'ape Hatteras, 
and in order to lighten her and prevent her from foundering, they 
were compelled to throw the horses o\erboard. On December -J-l- 
they reached a point just above Fort Fi-her. and lay olt' shore 
awaiting orders to disembark. ^Vhih■ there they witnessed the 
ex])losiou of General FiutleFs ■• powder hoat." Soon alter this, l)y 
the aid of surf boats, ]Maj(U' Jones succeeded in elfeetiug a landing 
with his command, and de^ih.iyed across Federal Point. The tele- 
graph lines were cut, in order to jirevcnt comniuni(/ation with 
\Viimingt(.iii. General Curtis, with the remainder of the brigade, 
moved down near the i''ort. supported by a heavy tiro from 
Admiral Porter's fleet. The fort could do.ditless have Iwen cap- 
tiire(J, but just as the prize was within their gra.-p. (ienei-al Butler 
ordered the troops to re-embark, against the earnest protest of 
(ieneral Curtis and his ofiicei-s. The expedition returned to 
Fortress Monroe. (ieneral Putlei' was soon after relieved from 
command, and (ieneral .\lfred Terry appointed in his place, with 



no lUOIJRAIMIlCAl, SKK'ICIIES. 

instructions to retiii'ii iminotliatcly and take l''ort Fisher. Tlicse 
instructions were coin])iied with to tlic lettei', and on January 15, 
IStio, at 3 o'clock p. m., tlie advance was ordered. The assault was 
led by (xoneral Curtis' brigade, which included his old regiment, 
the One Hundred and Forty-second New York, and the niagniti- 
cent charge will never he forgotten hy tiiose who survived the ter- 
rible ordeal. 

After six hours" of hand-to-liaiid lighting l'"ort Fisher surren- 
dered. Fieutenant-Colonel Barny, who commanded the regiment, 
was wounded, and !ftrajor Jones then assumed command. lie 
was shortly after struck in the right leg by a i)iece of shell and 
knocked down. IIc^ was helped to his feet by (ieneral Curtis, who 
was soon after taken from the field, supposed to bo mortally 
wnniided, but substHjnently recovered, and was immediately pro- 
nu)ted to tlie full rank of Brigadier. For his gallantry on this 
occasion, J\Iajor Jones was soon after brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel, 
and for a, time was in command of the garrison at Smithville, N. C. 
He subsefpiently took pai't in the capture of Wilmington; thence 
moved across tlie state to (ioldsboro, where a junction was fornu'd 
with the forces of (Tcneral Sherman. The city of IJaleigh soon 
after siii'rendered, which was folhjwed by the surrender of John- 
son's army. Colonel . I ones remained with his regiment until it 
was mustered out of service June 7, 1865. He was offei'cd a 
commission in the I'cgnhir army, but declined. 

In -May, 1S70, having buried his wife, and uu't with reverses in 
business, he was induced to accept a position in the Naval Otiice of 
the port of New York. lie was soon after promoted to entry 
(•lerk, and later to the ])osition of Deputy Naval Officer, Mdiicli 
position he held under and during the ailministration of Adison H. 
Laliin, Hon. Alonzo 15. (,'ornell, and Silas "VV". Burt. Colonel Jones 
was made Special De])uty Naval Officer on July 25, 1878. On March 
1, 1870, he was ]>romoted to the position of Deputy Collector of 
the ])ort, and on the 15th of the same month was assigned to duty 
as (Jliief of the Eighth Division, which includes the United States 
Public Stores and Appraiser's Depai'tment. This is one of the 
most iiiiportant and dillicult departments to manage connected 
with the collection of the revemie, and requires skill, tact and 
ability. No one who has ever filled the position has enjoyed the 
conlidenee and respect of the wluJe mercantih; coninninity to a 
greater extent than Colonel .lones. His long experience in the 
several branches connect(>d with the Customs Sei'vicc! has familiar- 
i/.i<(l liim with I'very di']iart iiirnt an<l rendered him almost indis- 
pensable to the ( io\'ei'hiiient. His several promotions have l)een 
justly earned, and lu^ has kept himself entirely aloof from politics. 
IK' is alTable and pleasing in his mannei's, and is e(jnally accessible 
to llu; honest laboi'er or the wealthy merchant. While exacting 
the strictest attention to, duty from his several subordinates, he 
enjoys their confidence and esteem to a marked extent. 



BioraiAriiKAL skkriiks. n 



SERGEANT WILLIAM IL KERR 

"Whs l)(>rn in Edentown, N. J., oil the sixth uf June, IS-tO. Previous 
to the war he removed to Co]ubro(.>lc, Litchfield county. Conn. 

On tlie twenty second of Jnly, ISdl, lie was nnisterei] in a> private 
of Company I, Fifth Coniieetieut Yolnnteers, for three years. His 
regiment was attached to the First Division, First Brigade, Twelfth 
Armv Corps, snbseipiently consolidated with the Eleventh, forming 
the Twentieth Army Corps. 

He participated in the battles of Winchester and Cedar Mountain. 
At the latter place he was wounded by a sliot through the neck, and 
confined in the hospital for three months. He afterwards took jiart 
in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, in 18(33. After 
tlie battle of Gettysburg his regiment was sent west with Hooker's 
army, and participateil in all the engagements leading to and follow- 
ing the ca])ture of Dallas and Atlanta, including the battles of Ros- 
acea and Peach Tree (Jreek. He accompanied Sherman in his 
march to the sea, and took part in the battles of Oversboro and Bur- 
tonville, and several small engagements resulting finally in the cap- 
ture of Savannah, Ga. He continued with the Twentieth Army 
Corps in its northward march, jiarticipating in the battles of Golds- 
hoi-o and Baleigh, and resulting finally in tlie sui-render of Johnson's 
army. 

He was mustered out as Sci'geant at Hartf<ird, Conn., on the 10th 
of .Inly, ISO.'). 

In 18C(J he mari-ied Jennie A. La Ptic, of New York. They have 
had two children, Ijoth deceased. 



ilE.XKV W. K.X-KiHT 

\\';is born in Engliind in 1^17. 1 1 i> father died wlim he was an 
infant. In ci.>m|iany with his niuther lie left Knuhind for Quebec 
in ]sr»."i: hei' death occurring soon al'tei'. he was left an orphan 
among >ti"angers, depen<lent im the "culd cliarifies of the woi'lil." 
He was •■bouml mit" to live with a fiirnuT in the Province uf 
(jnidiec, whii |iii>iiii^c-d tn edii<';ili', clothe and feiMl the l«iy, but he 
went to jirotest iin all his pi'omises ; he didn't send him to school, 
he clothed him \vith his own cast-off clothing, and Henry looked 
more like a scare-crow than a living boy. So far as food W';is cun- 
ccriied, the only way he could get enough to eat was by keeping- 
awake until the family had retired and were asleep, then to creej) 
down stairs and help himself to wliat he could fin<l in the cupljoard. 
After two years of this kind of treatment he I'an away, and kept 
■•running" till he renched Biddtd'oi-d. Ale., where, at the age of 



112 i;ii>oi;apiii('AL rfiCETcriEs. 

twelve, he eoinmeiiced to '• jKidtUc his own c;iiioe." lie worked ;is a 
})rinter's ''devil'' in the office of the Union andJournal of liidde- 
ford, and in Xoveniber, 1SG2, when not quite sixteen years of age, 
he enlisted as private in Company E, Seventh Regiment Maine Voi- 
niitoers. He partieipated in several engagements, and on ]\rav 2, 
18(13, at tlie liattle (jf (Jhancellorsvilie, was twice wonnded. In the 
latter part of isOi he was transferred to the \'eteran Reserve 
Corps, and was on duty at the war Department in AVashington on 
the night of President Lincoln's assassination. He took a prom- 
inent part in the scenes of that eventful night. Mr. Knight was 
mustered out of service under s])ccial order of the Secretarv of 
War, July 5, ISG.'.. 

On May 5, ISGlt, he mari-ied Tressa O. Taylor, of Cincinnati, (). 
They have tliree children, namely, (ilenna, (irace and Henry. 

Mr. Kiuglit lias heen for a nundier of years connected with one 
of the largest book publishing Imusfs in the country. His residence 
is in I'rooklyn. 

III! is one of the most useful cunirailes of Y. S. (^i-ant Post. In 
every enterprise connected with tiie Post I'eipuring brains and money 
he is an important factor. He was chairman of the committee 
appointed to confer with ( 'olonel Grant at ]\Iount !McGi-cgor rela- 
tive to the selection of a " Guard of Honor'' to take charge of tJie 
remains of General Grant. Mr. Kiught formed one of the '"Guard 
of Honor," and remained at his post day and night, except the 
brief intermissions rei]uired for food and rest, until tlie last sad 
rites were performed on August S, and the liody placed in its final 
resting place at Riverside. 



GEORGE KEY.AIER 

"Was born at \ew Utrecht, Long Island, ^lay 25, 1S;3S. His edu- 
cational advantages were limited to the public seliool. He fol- 
lowed a seafaring life for some time previous to the wai'. On the 
28th of August, 1862, lie eidisted as ]u-ivate in Company A, One 
Hundred and Thii't^'-innth Eegiment ]Vew York Volunteers. He 
j)articipated in the second battle of AVilliamsburg, liaitimore Cross 
Roads, liottom's Bridge, Charles City Court ILnise, liermuda Hun- 
dred, Ciiurch. Swift Creek, Arrowtield, Drury's Llutf, Proctor's 
Creek, Eort Darling, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Mine Explosion, 
Chapin's Farm, Fort Purniiam. Fair Oaks, and caj)ture of Ivichniond. 
Mr. Keynier was mustered out of the service as Corporal dune l'.». 
LSC"). 

He renujved to IJrooklyn, N. Y., and subsequently engageij 
in the business of house franung. He is well known among the 
leading luiilders and contractors, who ajipreciate his skill as a work- 
man and honnr him for his integrity and honest dealing. 



BIOGUArriKAL SiKETCIIES. 113 

In Is.'jS lio iiiun-icil ^[i.<s "Maria Wci'ks. since ilecuaseil. In 1869 
lie nuuTied ]\[iss Sophia Taylnr, oF l!i-ui)l<lvn. lie lias six livino- 
cliililren, viz.: lJel)ecea ('.. SanuiL'l ^V., A\'illiani M., Florence E., 
IVrry W., ami 'Sldvy ^^. He lust (Uie i-liild aliont a year since, 
nanieil Geoi'g-e, Jr., a pi-dinisinu; VDiitli nl" twenty-four year.s. 

AltlidUi;']! a man oF limited means, he is o-onerous ami svnipathetie 
ill his nature, and delii;lits in dniiij^' i^ood ami in seeking to promote 
the happiness of his fellnw men. Jle is a niemlier uf Ezel Lodije, 
\o. ~'.]-2, V. and A. M. He is also a iiiemlier cd' the ()iie Ilumlred 
ami 'riiirty-ninth Reij;inieiit \'eteraii Assoeia.tidii. 

Mr. K(\vni<'r was one cd' the cliarter niemliei's nf Pest oi'T. He 
was a|ipiiiiited line id' the '• KelieF ( iiiard " while the remains of 
(ieneral (irant lay in state at Alliany, ami remaine(l on dntv until 
the Iiiidy was deposited in its tempurary resting place at liiverside 
Park. lie composed one (.)f the rliirteen that were on i;-nanl the 
ni^lit previous to the fiinerrd. His jnn'trait is sIkiwii in Giv.niji 4, 
" tiuard of Ilonoi'."" 



CAPTAIX P.. FP.WK KINSLEY 

Was lidrn in Manchester. X. 11 ., ( tetuher (!, Isd't. His niaternal 
:;raiidFatlier toiik ])art in llie war <_d' ISPJ. After completing his 
edneatidii in the selinnls u{' his native city. ( 'a ptain Ivinsley removed 
to l)Ost(jii, and when the war hrola." nut was engaged in the inercan- 
tile hnsiness. 

.Inly 13, ISO:^, he enlisted as |iri\ate in (_'(:)ni|)any I), Twenty- 
third regiment Massachusetis N'ulunteers, for three years, lie 
joined the regiment at Xewheiai, .\. ('., and tnnk ])art in the several 
engagements which (iccnrred in that h.icality, imtaljly those of 
Kingston, Whitehall ami (ioldslioi-o. He afterwards went with his 
regiment to South (.'arolina, and was detailed for special duty at 
(xcneral llickmairs headijnarters. ( )n .\iignst 14, ISG:!, he was 
commissitined First Lieutenant, ami assigned duty in the Thii'ty- 
sixtli Regiment I'. S. V. 'J'. He was promoted Captain Julv 22, 
|S(;4. 

He returned t(.i N'irginia and took' part in the Iiattle of JS'ewmar- 
ket Heights, the capture of Fort Harrison and the siege of Peters- 
hiirg. He remained in Front <d' JJhdiimiud until its capitulation. 
He suliseipiently removed to Texas, and was assigned duty in the 
< •rdnance Dejiartment on the stall of (ieneral (Jhirk, then on the 
Kio (rramle. After (Teiieral ( 'lark was mustered out of service. 
Captain Kinsley was ordered to (ialvestoii in charge of the Ord- 
nance Deiiartment, where he remained until ( )ctoher, iSfitj. He 
was mustered out of ser\-ice Xovemher 2'.K 180*1. 



114 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

Ill ISOl lie married Miss Maria B. Kiinliall. of Maiiclicster, 
N. H. They liavc two cliiidreii, viz. : Benjamin U. and Fi-ank J. 

Captain Kinsley removed to Brooklyn in 187:2. lie has been for 
the last ten years engaged as railroad contractor. 

He was mustered into Post 327 in 1SS5. 



JOSEPH F. KNAPP, Esq., 

Has long hueii one of the jtrominent citizens of lirooklyn. The 
appointments of Ills homo on the corner of Bedford avenue and lioss 
sti'eet in the Eastern District, are magnificent, including a combined 
music room and art gallci'v, iincqiuded in the city, if nut in the 
counti'v. Here liavr been given rec<'[)tions, like the one commemo- 
I'ated in this xolnnic, to notccl |inl)lic men ; to the Bisiiops of the 
AEethodist Church ; to artists of renown, etc.; and here have been 
held various meetings of the leading men of the city, in furthei'ancc 
of important j)ublic measures. The numbers that have bei.'u gath- 
ered upon these occasions have been greater than could perhai)s be 
accommodated in any other private residen(!e in the city, 
a (For twenty years past Mr. Knajiplias been jirominently identified 
with the Insurance interests of the country — for the last fifteen 
years as President of the ^Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, of 
New York ; and for more than thirty-five years he has been an 
active Manager of the vast business of the Major 6c Knapp Litho- 
graphing Company. Besides these, he has been interested in the 
direction of various other insurance institutions, in banks, trust 
companies, manufacturing industries, etc. 

Upon various occasions he has been ]iroffered the nominations for 
the ^rayoi'alty and Comptrollership of Brooklyn, and for the Legisla- 
ture of the State. He has, however, persistently declined all offers 
of public preferment, confining himself to what he has deemed the 
equally pressing responsibilities of active private citizenship. lu all 
important measures ]3ertaining to the material, religions, or social 
interests of the city, ho has for years borne a prominent and influen- 
tial ]>art. 

lie has furthermore taken sjiecial interest in all matters relating 
to the (Trand xVrmy, and out of his desire to ])erpetuate the record 
of the noble men, who in the hour of peril risked all for the integ- 
rity arid perpetuity of the Lnion, has grown the willingness with 
which lie has offered to serve them in any manner his time ami 
op|)(jrtimities would permit, i.if which the e\cnt h'.ue recorded is 
l)ut a siiiale illustration. 



IlKKiKArilli'Ar. SKKTrllES. 115 



CAPTAIN MoirriMKi: IJVIN(;ST()X 

W;is li(_irn ill I>i'llii, 1 )cl:i\\;il'c ( 'u . nil ihr l wciitN -^ixtli ol' .Imiuku'V, 
ls;!7. lie is (•(iiiiicM-tt'il with tlic l.ivino-stons, (if ].ivinobtciii ]\raniir, 
iiuo of tlic (iMest :iiiil iiin.-t |iiMiiiiiicnt f:iinilics in the State. lie rc- 
nioved ^\■itll liis |Kircnts tuiSfW Vi.irk, wlicii a cliild, and was t'diirated 
ill the liest private scliouls in tlie rity. His military oilueatinn was 
acquired wiiile a nienilicr of tlie fainous Seventh Ret;a'iiient. In 
l''ehriiary, Isti^, lie enlisted as private in Conqiaii)' I, Fdurteentli 
K'ljinient New York Heavy Artillerv, for three yeai's. Ileiiartjei- 
|iated ill the "Sexi'ii Days" fii^ht," the hattles n{ Alitietaiii, I''reder- 
irksbiiri;-, ( 'liaiieellurs\ilk\ ( tetty.-.liiii-;^- | he lii>t a hrother in the latter 
eiiyayeiiH.'nt], Wilderness, S|Mjttsyl\ ania, KIcKidy Aniiie, Xnrtli Anna, 
Uethesda ('liiireh, Colli Ilarlxn', 'roloimtciniy and sieire of I'eters- 
\>\\rii. In .Inly, 1^04, ho was transferreil to the One Hundred and 
Third Regiinent New ^'iirk A'olniiteers, and coinniissioned Captain, 
lie aeeonipanied Shei'idan in his march up the Shenandoali Valley, 
and took part in the several skerniishes and eni^Mijcnients incident 
thereto. 

On the twenty-second of Fehniary, ISCi."), he re enlisted and was 
attached to the One Hundred and Sixth liei;-iment Xew York A^et- 
eraus. He was soon after detailed in charge of Barracks B at Hart's 
Island and remained there until mustered out of service, Alay 1, 
IbiOo. 

In 1st;:!, he married Miss ilaria Carter, of New York. They have 
si.\ cliildreii, viz. : Francis C, Moi'ij;aii Lewis, Katlierine M, Ilobert 
.1., Edward M. and Harold M. 

In "Novemher, ISGQ, he was appointed clerk in the warehouse 
department of the New York Naval OtKce. Ho has since been pro- 
moted throiii;h the several iji'ades to entry clerk. 

He was one of the charter members of Post 327. He is also a 
member of the Seventh Kegimeiit War Veterans, N. G. S. N. 1 . 

Captain Livingston served as a menibcr of the Relief Guard, 
during the Grant obsequies friim 11 i'. m., on the sixth of August, 
til 'J 1'. >r. on the seventh. 



CAPTAIN ALI'.EUT B. LINDSLEY 

Was born in Morristown, N. J., on the twentieth of October, 182y. 
He removed to Brooklyn in 1S4.5. 

On the eighteenth of August, ISOJ, he enlisted as private in G 
Company, One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Keginient New York 
\\jluntecrs, for three years; he was soon after promoted orderly 
.ser<reant. < >n the eleventh of December following, he was com- 



lit) ltI()(;iJAl'incAL SKETCHES. 

iiiissioiK'cl Second Lieutenant, :inil on tlie tii'st of August, i^tt'.>, lie 
was promoted First Lieutennnt. lie was commissioned Captain of 
Company II Marcli 17, 1S(;."), i)ut lie was not mustered, lie was in the 
Second Division Eighteenth Army Corps, snhsequently consolidated 
with the Tenth, forming the Tweiitj'-fonrth (Jorps. He took part 
in several engagements on the James river, notaljly that of Clia]>in's 
Farm. Lieutenant Lindsley wns most of tlie time on detached ser- 
vice, acting as Fngineer of the lirigade. After the consolidation of 
the Eighteenth and Tenth with the Twenty-fourth Army Corps, his 
First Division was transferred to the Army of the Potomac. He 
subsecjuently took ])art in the siege and capture of Petersburg. Fort 
flregg was captured l>y the First Division, with which Lieutenant 
Lindsley was coniuHited. The same Division led the advance in the 
jnirsuit of Lee, and engaged him at Reeve's Station, and was jiresent at 
the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox. Cajitain Lindsley was 
iniistercd out of service at Ilichmond. Va., June >«0, 1S6.5. 

He returned to Brooklyn, and not long after estaiJishcd the sash 
and blind business which he has siiuic continued. 

In 1S5(I, he married Sarah Ann White, of J^rooklyn. Tlu\v have 
four children, viz. : ('liarles A., (^lara A., Cornelia A. and Itobert W. 

The grandfather of Captain Lindsley was a .Major of Engineers 
in the war of the Revolution. His father was an officer and his 
uncle was Captain in the Morristown Rangers in the war of 1812. 



CAPTAIN THOMAS J. LINNEKIN 

Was born in Booth Ray, Mc., on the second of March, iS'.V.i, where 
lie resided until he was twelve years of age, when he engaged in a 
seafaring life. 

On the twenty-eighth of July, lS<iJ, while in command <if the 
schooner yacht I'rotector, on a voyage from Pliiladeljjhia to Matan- 
zas, he was captured by the rebel cruiser Gordon (Captain Lockwood) 
and sent as a ])risonerto Newbern, X. C, where he was tried before 
a Confetlerate marshal and released. He was offered great induce- 
ments to join the Confedei'ate service as a blockade runner, but 
declined. He subsetjueiitly made his way north in a small row boat. 
On the fourth of August, ]S(JL he boarded the U. S. sloojvof-war 
Savannah, olf Oregon Inlet, IS'. C, and took lier mail to Pliiladel- 
])liia, arriving there on the sixth of August. He proceeded imme- 
diately to Washington with valuable information, and offered his 
services to the government. On the -sixteenth of August, ISGl, lie 
was commissioned Acting ]\raster in the IT. S. Navy, and ordei'cd to 
the U. S. steamer Connecticut, whore he acted as Sailing Master and 
Coast Pilot. On the twenty-eighth of November, 18fi2, he took 
command of the 11. S. gunboat Currituck. On the tenth, eleventh 
and twelfth of December, he ])articipated in the battle of Frcder- 



rtlOGRArillc.VI. SIvETcilKi. 117 

ick^blll•^ ill an eiiicageiiient witli the ^llonJ Ijatteries on tlie lia])i)a- 
liaiiiiock river. He was subsequently uiade senior ofticer of Station 
.11, I'otoniac Flotilla, where he remaiiu^d until September, 180:1 On 
the tliii-tietli of May, isti:!, he eonuri;iii(lf(l an expedition to Tappa- 
liannock, for the purpose of desti-oyini; a large amount of stores 
ami pi'ovisions beloui^iny; to the Confederate ijovermnent. The expe- 
dition consisted of the ('ui'ritu(d\', Anaeostia, Satellite atid Primi'(_>se. 
The landing party were protected by the tire from the gunboats, and 
succeeded in destroying a large amount of pro]ierty. 

r)n the thirteenth of June, l^<!;?, he, with his command, covered 
the ci-ossing of Kilputrick's cavaliT nii the Ka])])aliannoek river. 
During Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania, Captain J^inuekin was 
ordered with the Currituck to Havre du (iraee, for the protection of 
that place and of the ferry-boat. The rebel cavalry was driven bark 
by the tire from the Currituck ; this at the time was the luily rail- 
road communication o)ien between Washington and New '\ ork. 

On the eighth of November, iSti;!, Captain Liiiuekin was ap])oiiited 
executive otiicer of the Receiving Ship<)liio, at Txiston, where he 
remained for over six months, when heajiplied for active service, aiul 
was ordered to New Orleans. July •^•1, 1 S(i4, he was ordered to the com- 
nuind of the U. S. gunboat Tailahatchie, stationed on Lakes Pont- 
chartrain and Maurepas, La., also Mississippi Sound. On the 
twenty-first of March, ISO."), he was ordered to convoy transports 
with io,00(t troojis np Fish Iliver, Alabama, his vessel having been 
made the iiag ship for the occasiou, with Admiral Thatcher and 
(ieneral Canby on board. lie was ordered to report with his vessel 
to the commanding otKcer in front of Sininish Fort, in ]\Iobile Bay, 
whei'e he was under tire for nearly three weeks, night and day. After 
the cajiture of Mobile, he was ordered, with other officers, to escort 
some 20,(i0o troops up the Alabama river to Selma. During tlie 
trip he ha<l frequent engagements with the enemy. About the nine- 
teenth of duly, l^t'>.J, he was ordered to the command of the V. S. 
Ship Fearuot. 

lie was honorably discharged, with thethanksof the Department, 
on the ninth of December, isti.'i. 

On the twenty-eighth of February, 1nT8, he married .Miss Selena 
A. (Jranston, of Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Captain Linnekin formed one of the Ivelief Cruard that went up 
to Mt. ]\IcGregor during the (irant obse(iuies, and was on duty 
wdiile tlie remains lay in state at Albany, and at the City Hall, 
New- York. He also accom])anied them to Piverside. 

The father of Captain Linnekin was a soldier in the war of islii. 



118 TSIOGEAPIIICAL SKETCHES. 



SERGEANT JOHN LOWE 

Was liiirn in Ireland on tliu twenty-liftli of NoveniliLT, 1S.')7. IIu 
came to America in IST)',*, and for a time resided in New York Cit^'. 

On the tiftli of September, is,')!!, lie joine<l tlio Unitetl States 
Army as private, and was assigned to JJattery F Third United States 
Artillery. He remained with this battery until February S, 1867. 
At the breaking out of the war, lie was stationed at Fortress Mon- 
roe. Up to Augnst, 18G4, he was with the Army of tlie Potomac, 
and took pai't in the battles of Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chaii- 
ccllorsville, (iettysbnrg, Hanover ('. lU, Ashland. White House, 
Winchester, i'^ront Royal, Kearneyville, She]iard.stown and Smith- 
Held. ^\t the close of the war he was sent to F^ort Independence, 
ISoston Harbor, where he was discharged as orderly sergeant, Feb- 
ruary 8, 18(>7, his term of service having expired. For his fidelity 
and courage he received the highest commendations from his com- 
manding otticer, and th.ough serving only as a non-commissioned 
officer, he left a I'ccord of which he has just reason to feel proud. 

In 18<!7, he mari'ied Catherine Cadden, of Brooklyn. Tlje}' have 
six children, viz. : Robert lulward, John, Emma, Edward, Marj' and 
Jennie. 

On the fifteenth of September, 1872, he was appointed patrohnan 
in tlie Brooklyn Police Department. He was promoted roundsman 
April 15, 1881, and sergeant June 1», 1884. 



AUGUSTUS LIPPITT 

Was born in Ohatham. C'olundiia County, New York, on June 5, 
1838. His early life was spent on the farm. For three yedrs pre- 
vious to the war he followed the sea in the East India trade. 

In ( )ctobcr, ISCl, he enlisted in the United States Navy a."? 
ordinary seaman. He was assigned to tlie ship Powliattan, and 
soon' after transferred to the Keystone State, M'hich was ordered on 
a roving commission in pursuit of the rebel jirivateer Sumpter. 
She was aftei-ward attached to the South Atlantic Squadron and 
engaged in blockading the coast of Florida and parts of Georgia. 
She captured the schooner Dixie oil' the North Carolina coast. Mr. 
liippitt was placed on board of the captured vessel and I'etnrned in 
her to Philadelphia, arriving there in Ajiril, I8*i2. He was soon 
after commissioned IMaster's Mate, dating from January 18, 1862. 
He was ordered to tlie gunlioat Ciinmerone, which was soon after 
sent to co-operate with JlcClellairs army on the James River and 
convey the mails. She was constantly exposed to the fire of the 
sharpshooters stationed along the banks of the river. She was 
afterwards attached to the South Atlantic Scpiadron and ordered to 



BIOGKArillCAL SKETCHES. Ill) 

St. Ji)lin"s Iliver, Fla., where slie had .several cnp!;aijcinents with the 
sliore batteries. She was ordered from there to jijiii the squadron in 
Charleston liarbor, where slie to(.ik piirt in the hondiai'dnient of Forts 
Sumter and Moultrie and other fortilieations in the hari)oi-. She 
was afterwards ordered to Philadeliihia for i-epairs, and tlienee to 
AYarsaw Sound, (la., wliere she ]iartieipateil in the eajitnre of tlie 
I'ehel ram Atlanta, which ]iroved a valualile prize to the ea]>tors, 
]\[i'. Lippitt sharini;' with others the division of the prize money. 
Owiui;' to ill health he soon after resii;ned. Subsequently the 
C'immerone captured the steamer .Jupiter, and Mr. lji])pitt retui'iied 
on her to Philadelphia. 

In 1ST5 he removed to llrooklyn. For tlio last ten years he lias 
been connected with tlie lumber and planim;- mill known as the 
I'hienix. 

Mr. Lippitt was one of the thii'tei'ii members Lif tlie "Relief 
(tuard" who guarded the remains of (ieiiei'al (irant while lyini; in 
state at the Capitol in Albany and at the City Hall, ^.'ew York. 
lie is represented in Group 4 (pf portraits, composed of the members 
who guarded the remains on the nii;-ht bef(.ire the funeral. He, 
with ins comrades of Post ;>_'T, I'olloweil them to their final I'esting 
plari' on the stii of August. 



LIEUTENANT W.M. L. J.rDLlTM 

Was born in the city of New York on Marrh l.'>, 183."). Previous 
to the war he was engaged in business in liiehmond County. 

( )ii August 21, lS(i2, he enlisted as private in Company 1!, One 
Hundred ami Thirty-second Peginient New York Infantry Volun- 
teers, for three years. He was ])romoted through the several grades 
of non-commissioned officers from Corporal to Sergeant- Major, and 
in fSCi-l: was Acting Second Lieutenant in command of tlie com- 
jiany. in May, 1SC>5. he was eommissioiHMl First Lieutenant, but 
never mustered. 

He was engaged with his regiment much of the time on (jutjiost 
dutv and scouting. He took ]iart in the tight at Pachelor's Creek, 
Feliruarv 1, lSr,L Jackson's MiU, N. ( '., Jiiiv L'l and 22, ISCA, South- 
west Creek. December 11, ISCL Kinston, N. ('., March S, 1» an<l In. 
18(15, and on March 12, iSC"), was ajipointed Acting Adjutant. 

In the retreat from Bachelor's Creek, February 1,18(14, Ludliim 
(then First Sergeant of Company 1!), with twenty-five others as reai' 
guanl, was (uit otf from the regiment and ol)liged to kee]i np a run- 
ning light for nearly three miles to Trent Road, which he reached 
witii aloss of one corporal and three privates. Mr. Ludlum was 
niustei'ed out of service on June 20, ISCk). 

In 1858 he married ]Miss Emma ^liller, of Stapleton, Statcn 



120 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

Isliuul. Tlu'V iiavu c'ii^lit children, iSarali W., lleliecca M., AVilliaiii 
11.. Carrio C.', Ma.<jgic>., Myra T. and Susie M. 

Oil February !•, ISTO, lie was appointed in the A})praiser"5 
I)e]iai'tuient, JS'ew York Custom House, and has since twice passed 
civil service examinations for ]ironiotion. each time standing Xo. 1 
in the class. 

He was foj'mei-Iy a nii'inljci- of Post No. 71 (disbanded), of Rich- 
mond County, lie was a charter meml)er of Post '327. Jle served 
on the Relief (luard while the remains of General Grant lay in 
state at Albany on Angust 4, from 11 p. m. to 2 a. m. of the oth. 
at the City IJall, jS'ew York, Angust li, from 2 to 5 p. m., and (jn 
the Nth from 2 to .-> a. m. He accompanied the remains to River- 
side Park. 



FRANK E. ]\[ILLEP 

AVas boi'n in Hungary, June 27, 1n3.'). lie came to America in 
18.57. 

On December 2, 1862, lie enlisted in Company P>, First Xew 
York (Lincoln) Cavalry. He took part in the battles of I'unker 
Hill, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Ri-owirs (Taj), Piedmont, IMdunt 
Jackson, Cedar <jreek, Nineveh, Five Forks, and a number of 
skirmishes. At the battle of Five Forks he was in command of 
Gen. Keppart's headr]uart(>rs. During the latter engagement he 
was seriously wounded anil sent to tlie hospital, wliere he remainetl 
until he was mnstered ont of service, in July, 1.S6.5. 

In 1S71 he married Mary E. Olvany, of ^l'w York City. They 
have four children, \iz. : Josephine. Rita, Frances, and Rosa. 

He was one of the charter meml)ers of Post 327. He was 
ap[)ointed on the (irant Relief Guard, and served at Albany 
AuiTUst 4- and .">, and at New York. 



LOCKWOOD R. MAY 

Was born at Fairfield, Herkimer County, N. Y., on the twenty-first 
oi August, 1839. He was educated at the common school, and 
academy at that place, and taught school for a number of years. 

He entered the military service of the United States on the twen- 
ty-seventh of Angust, lStJ3, for three years, or during the war as a 
jirivate of Company X, Fifth Regiment N. Y. Heavy Artillery, 
lie was on attached duty at Elmira, N. Y., until the close of the 
war, in accordance with orders from the War Department, dated 
eighth of October, 186-1, and during its existence had charge of the 
records of the Depot for Prisoners of War. He was discharged 



KIuGKAPHlLAL ^K^:T^1IE^. 121 

from military service at Elmira, _N. Y., on the fourth nf May, 1S65, 
lint remained tlicre in eiiaro'e of tlie records of tlie Draft TJendez- 
vons until Fehrnary. Isfl'!. when he was transferi'ed. togetlier with 
the records, to Alhany. X. Y.. to the Chief ^[usterinn' Otfiee for the 
State. He remained there until tiie office was abolished, in Decem- 
ber. ISfiT. He was in the Canal Department at Albany until ISTO. 
and wa.s afterwards connected with the Xintli F'edei'al Census, at 
Washington, D. ( "., until its coinpli-tion. He was for a few months 
in the office of the ('ouiptrnjler of the ('ui'reiicy, and in July, is"-', 
was a])))ointed ii: the 2Vaval ( )ffic-e. Custom House at Xew York, 
wliere he is still employed, at ]iresent (OctoVitM', 1S8.'>,) liolding the 
position as clerk of Chief of Division of Entrance .nul Clearance of 
Vessels. 

Mr. Mav was one of the charter members of Post .")'27. 



LIEUTENANT P.. A. McCORMICK 

Was born in BiMoklyn. X. Y.. April IS, 1841. Ho received a pre- 
paratory education at private schools and St. James Academy, of 
Brooklyn. He was graduated at St. Lawrence College, Montreal, 
Canada. In IS.Ti'J he entered the boot and shoe house of J. T. 
Whitehonse. and, with the exception of his absence in the army 
during the war, he has coiitiinied his C(jiinection with this house for 
a pei'iod of twenty-si.\' years. 

On the fourth of August, l^ril. he eidisted in Company E, Twen- 
ty-third Regiment New York State Militia, an<l went with it to the 
front. His regiment was subsiMpiently ordered home to assist in 
suppressing the draft riots, and was for some time engageii in guar<l- 
ing dillerent points in and around Brooklyn and New York. The 
regiment was field in I'eserve. lint jierformed active duty during 
most of the time from the date of its oi-ganization up to the close of 
the war, aiul the duties nf Mr. McCornfick were often more ti-ying 
and arduous than that of many ^\•ho wei'e doing duty on the field. 
He continued his (-(jniicction with tliis regiment for twelve years 
and was promoted frc.im Corporal to First Sergeant, an<l from that 
to First Lieutenant. He is at present Senior First Lieutenant in the 
Uniform Veteran As^(.lciation of the Twenty thii'd Regiment. He 
is also a mendjcr of the OHicers' .-Vs,~ociation of the regiment, liouoi- 
ary member of the First Pennsylvania Veteran Ass(_)ciation, a mem- 
ber of the Boston Tigers, and the Thirteenth Veteran Association 
of Brooklyn. 

In 1S6.5 he married Saralf Eli/.abeth Teevan, of Brooklyn, N. Y., 
ileceased October l'>, 1SS4. He has four children, viz. : James A.. 
William B., Sarah F. and Marv .\. 



122 UIU&KAPHICAL SKKJCHKt;. 

TAPTAIX THOMAS MURPHY 

Wa« born in New ( )rle:nis. La., on the nintli of .lanuarv. 1>^4I. He 
removed with liis parents to New York, in 1S5;1 

On the second of Aiiii'ust, 1861. lie enlisted as private in (t Com- 
pany, Thirty-seventh Ueoinient New York Volunteers, for two 
years. On the second of October followino;, while on picket dntv 
near Munson Hill, he was wounded in the neck and taken prisoner. 
He was coiitined in ]>rison at Richmond, and soon after removed to 
the hospital. On the seventeenth of March. 1S62, lie was paroled 
and soon after discharged under General Order 69. On the twelfth 
of August, he again enlisted and was commissioned First Lieuten- 
ant of Company A, One Hundretl and Sixty-thii'd Regiment New 
York Volunteers. He participated in the battle of Fredericksburg. 
In this engagement, the regiment was so badly cut up that the re- 
maining field and liiu! officers were mustered out of service, and the 
regiment consolidated with the Seventy-third New York Volunteers. 
Lieutenant Murphy then returned home. 

On the twenty-third of December following, he was appointed - 
patrolman of the fourth precinct Metropolitan Police, New York. 
In May, 18(!S, he was transferred to the nintli precinct, Bi-ooklyn. 
In 1S70, he was transferred to the ninth snb-preciect, and made 
roundsman. In 1><T5, he resigned and was made detective. For 
liis skill and bi'avei'v displayed in the ca])ture of the Patchen 
avenue burglars, he was made Sergeant in 18TS. In June, 1880, la- 
was promot-ed to ( 'aptain and assigned to the eigjitli precinct, and since 
tilled the position with great credit. 

On the twelfth of August, 1862, lie married Sarah Prisbane. of 
New York. They have three children, viz.: Edith E.. Frank A. and 
Jessie R. 

He was one of the cliarter members of Post 327. 



SEiiGT. HIRAM MYERS. 

Mr. Myers was bdrn in New York (_'ity on .luiie !>, ls;-!7, and 
after leaving school he engaged in the saw-mill business. 

On August 12, 1862. he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred 
and Seveiitieth Regiment New York \'iilunt,eers. for three years. 
He was engaged with his regiment in the siege of Suffolk, the 
Deserted House, and a,number of smaller actions. His regiment 
was afterwards attached to the Army of the Potomac, and he took 
part in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Bloody Angle, 
Xorth Anna. Betliesda Church. Cold Harbor, and the siege of 
Petersburg. On .June 16. in the first charge on Petersburg, he 
received two severe wounds. The tirst in the left shoulder, the ball 
passing through the shoulder, coming out at tlie lower part of the 



lilC)(.l;.\l'HIC Al. SKKllHKS. X'i'A 

back iR-ar the spinal coluniii. Almost at the same instant he was 
strnck bv another ball in the left wi-ist. nearly severino- the hand. 
He was sent to tlie General Hospital at DaAid's Island. Xew Yoi'k 
Harbor, where lie remained t'lH' nearly- .-ix ninnths. His woniids 
resulted in permanent disability, and ln' was h(innral)Iv discliaru-ecl 
December 12, ISfi-i. 

He soon after resumed his former dccupation, and for the last 
sixteen years he has been eonnectcMl with the Pollion Mills, corner 
(if Third and Bond streets, Brooklyn. 

In 1851.t he married Emma F. Ga^cine. of New ^'ork. since 
deceased, leayiug one cliild, named Charles ^I. ( )n duly 2. l.'^73. 
he married Miss Ellen Priestly, of New York, liy whom he has had 
three children, all liyinir, yiz. : Hiram, "Walter Cookman, and Sarah. 

SergeaTit Myers was one of tlie pioneers in the G. A. R. of tliis 
State. He was formerly a member of Sediiwick Post. No. 11. and 
line of the cliarter members of Post I-"!. In 1SS3 he joined Post 
.■)2T. He was selected as one of the adiliticmal or Belief Guards of 
1."] to guard the remains of General (ii-ant while they lay in state 
at the City Hall, New \ ork. and with his comrades he accompanied 
the remains to Biyersidc. His poi'trait appeai-s in Group -t. •• Guai'd 
of Honor." 



JOHN E. MUBBA^" 

Was b(ii-n ill Ireland on May 1, 1S44. In early childhood he came 
with his parents to America and settled in Troy, X. Y., where he 
receiyed a good common school edncatidu. 

On August 12, 1861. being then but seyenteen years of age, he 
enlisted a? priyate in Conij)any E. Sixty-second Begiment New 
\ ork Yolunteei's, known as Anderson's Zouayes. The compan}' to 
which he was attached was raised in Tr'i\-. His regiment was 
attached tii Wheatun's P>rigade, ('i-(inch"> I)i\-ision, Sixth Arm}" 
Corps. This regiment was specially mentioned by General Plancock 
for its gallantry in tlie capture of Furt Magnider. ilr. Murray 
took part in the siege of Yorktown, the battles of Fair Oaks, Seyen 
Days' Figlit, Malyern Hill, Second l^ull Pun. Chantilly, South 
Mountain. Antietam. Fredericksburg. Marye's Heights. Salem 
Heights. Gettysburg, Bappahannock Station and Wilderness. At 
the latter place, while cai'rying the colors as corporal, he was struck 
by a minie ball in the right leg. He was conveyed to Canipl)ell 
Hospital at Washington and afterwards sent home. On August 1.5. 
18*)J-. he was honorably discharged. \u> term df service having 
expired. 

He returneil to ci\il life and engagi'd as traveling salesman in a 
wholesale chitliing house. He was very successful, and saved 
money. In 1878 he estalilisher] the furniture business in Bi-ooklyn. 
under the firm name of ■!. E. Mui-rav i^- Cci. This has now a-rown 



\'24: BIORKAl'HHM. SKKT(-Hr>. 

to be one of the largest and most extensive estal)lishments in Kings 
County, the firm having a large store on Fulton street, corner of Elm 
Plaec, Brooklyn, occu])ving fourteen floors, and another in Brook- 
lyn, Eastern District. The firm does a business of upwards of 
i!^150,t-)00 a year. 

In 18(jy Mr. Murray married JMiss Sarali Moraii, of Iloosick 
Falls, ?<^ew York. They have five childi-en. viz.: "William. John. 
Eugene, Charles and Fanny. 

Mr. Murrav has al\va_ys taken an active interest in the G. A. li. 
affairs of Kings County, although, owing to his extensive business, 
he is not ahh; to devote much time to tliem. lie was formerly a 
member of Rankin Post, and was one of the charter members of 
U. S. Grant Post 3-21. 



LIEUT. ROBERT F. MACKELLAR 

Was born in Scotland on January 2-itli, l<s?>S. He came with his 
[parents to America in infancy. 

In April, 1861, he enlisted in ('oni]Kiny C, Tnirteenth N. Y. S. 
Militia as private for three uionths. .Vt the cx])iration of his term 
of service he eidisted in Company ^\, Forty-eighth Regiment New 
Y(jrk Volunteers, for three years as private: was immediatel}' 
appointed Fifth Sergeant, and afterwards Orderly Sergeant. He 
was subsequently commissioned Second Lieutenant, and in June, 
1864, was pronjoted to First Lieuteiumt. He accompanied the 
Dupont-Shennau Expedition to Port Royal, S. ('., participating iu 
the capture of that place and of the Hilton Head fortifications. He 
also took i)art in the engagement at Port Royal Ferry, capture of 
Fort Pulaski, Ga., and burning of Bluffton, S. C, the capture of 
the batteries on Morris Island, and assault on Fort Wagner in 
(Charleston harbor. He was sul)sequei!tly ordered with his regiment 
to Florida and took part in the battle of Olustee. Returning with 
his regiment to ^'irgiiua he participated in the engagements at Fort 
Darling, Drury's BlulT, Bermuda Hundred. Cold Ilarbor, siege of 
Petersburg, Aline Ivxplosioii, l)ee[> Rottom, Strawberry Plains, 
Foster's Rlautation. and Newnuirket Heights. He resigned on 
October 6th. 186-t, in conse'quence of |)hysical disability. 

On November 5th, 1864, he married Marie Siuder. of Brooklyn. 
They have four children, viz. : Ida (Charlotte, Marion S., Emily and 
Gertrude. 

In 1871 lie (!sral)lisheii t]it> liusincss of monumental granite works 
in Brooklyn. 

Lieutenant .MacKellar was one ui the thirteen rejjresentatives of 
Post :>2T who Composed the " IJody Giuird '" having. charge of the 
remains of General Grant at Mount McGregor, the Cajjitol at 
Albanv, and the Citv Hall. New York, and Riverside Park. 



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THOMAS MFRRAY 



Was burn in IivUind on March 1:!, Ls4(;. \lv cciniv to Anierica in 
i-hildhood. with his parents, and sctth-d in New York Citv. 

On August il, 18H2. he enlisted as ])i'ivate in Oimipanv K, ( )ne 
Hundred and Thiity-tirst lieii'inient New York A'olunteers. for 
tliree years or the war. He aceonipanied Baulcs' e.xjiedition 
to Louisiana, heing attaclied at the time to Dwight"s Bri- 
gade, Second Division, Ninteentli Ai-niy Corps. He took part 
in all the engagements, at Ii'ish Bend, Vermillion Bayou, 
the siege and iiiial ca]itui-e of Port Hudson from May 27 
to July S, Morganzia Bend, and Oox's Plantation. He went 
with his regiment to Donaldson ville, thence to Brashear City. Tt 
had been reduced b}' losses to about 25<) men. He afterwards 
returned with his regiment to Virginia and tonk part in the battle 
of Winchester, Septeiuber 19, 18(14, where he was Wdunded in the 
right liip. He was sent to Chestnut Hill Hospital, where he 
remained for several weeks. He was mustered nut at the expiration 
of his term of service, on July 20, 18r>.">. 

Ill 1869 he married Miss Catherine Lowrey, nf New York. They 
have six children, viz. : Elizalieth, James, Thomas, Margaret, j\[ay, 
and Agnes. 

He removed to Brooklyn in l88o, and lirst joi?ied Devin Post 148, 
G. A. R. He joined Post :')27 the pi-esent yeai-. During the Orant 
obsequies he served as a member of the " Relief (-iuard," first at 
AlbaTiy on the Second Relief, August o, under coninnmd of Adju- 
tant Price. He continued on duty at intervals until the closing 
ceremonies at Rivei'side on Auirust S. 



SECOND LIEPTENANT FRANK S. M 1 DDl.EHRooK 

Was iiorn at Wilton. Eairfiehl iMunty, ( 'nnnccriciit, .\pril 11, 
1841. He came to New Y'ork in ls.'>7 and engaged in business. 
(.)n July 11, IStlii, lie enlisted as a ])rivate in Company F, Seven- 
teenth Connecticut Volunteers, for thi-ei' yeai's or the war. He 
was an eye witness of the battle of Fi'edericksbni-g, his regiment 
being held in reserve. He afterwards took |)art in the battles of 
Chancellorsville. Aldie, Gettysliurg and Ilagerstown. He was then 
oi'dered with his regiment to the support of General Gillmore in 
South Carolina. He took part in the engagement at Morris Island, 
the siege of Forts Sumter and Wagnei-, Pocataligo and Secession- 
ville, the attack on James and John's Islands, and sulisequently in 
the battles of Olustee and Braddt>ck"s Plantation, Florida. He was 
mustered out of service at New Haven. Coini.. August 8, 1865. 
He was promoted to Corporal of Company F, to Sergeant l\rajoi- 



126 BIOORAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

of the Hegiinent, and in 1805 was comuiibsiuued Second Lienteii- 
ant, but never mustered. 

On June IS, 1SG7, he married Miss Helen Proctor, of New York. 
They liave two living children, having lost three. The names of 
the living are William 11. and Edward P. 

Mr. iliddlehruok joined Post 327 in 18S5. During the obsequies 
of General (Irant he served as a member of the " Relief Guard " at 
Albany, August 4, from .") to s p. m. ; on the 5tli at 8 a. m.; 
in New York on the .")tli from S to 11 i-. ji.; on the (ith from 11 
p. M. to 2 A. M. of the 7th, and from 8 to 11 a. At.; also from 11 
p. M. on the 7th to 2 a. m^ on tlie 8th. He accompanied the 
remains to Riverside Park. . 



CHIEF ENGINEEPt GEORGE WALLACE MELVILLE, 

U. S. N., 

One of the survivors of the ill-fated Jeannette expedition, was born 
in New York City, January 10, 1841. He was educated at the 
public schools and tiie ''Christian Brothers"* School, of Brooklyn. 
His practical knowledge of steam engineering was acquired at the 
iron works of James IJinn, of Brooklyn. At the breaking out of 
the war he had not reached his majority. He offered his services 
to the Government, and, after e.xamination, received the appoint- 
ment of Third Assistant Engineer in the LTnrted States Nav}', July 
30, 1861. From the date of his appointment up to the present 
time he lias served respectively on the Michigan, Dacotah, SaTitiago 
de Cuba, Watchussett, Torjieilo Boat No. (1, Maumee, Chattanooga, 
Tacony, Penoi)scot, Lancaster, Tigress (Polar cruise), Tennessee, 
Jeannette (Polar cruise), and Thetis (Polar cruise). 

He was pi-omoted Second Assistant Engineer December 18, 1862; 
First Assistant Engineer, July 25, 1865; reconmiissioned Past 
Assistant Engineer, July 25, 1866 ; commissioned Chief Engineer, 
March 4, 1880, with rank of Lieutenant Commauder. 

He served on the Dacotah at the beginning of the war with 
C'aptain J. P. Kinstry and Admiral Goldsboro, of the North 
Atlantic Blockading squadron. He particijiated in the shelling of 
SewePs Point and capture of Norfolk, the destruction of the rebel 
ram Merrimac, clearing of the batteries on the James River, also in 
the shelling of Fort Darling. The fleet remained on the James 
River and covered the retreat of McClellan from tlie Peninsula 
after the Seven Days' Fight. Soon after the capture of New 
Orleans the Dacotah was the bearer of despatches to Admiral 
Farragut to [iroceed up the Mississijipi River, and the ship then 
joined the outside blockade of the North Atlantic fleet. Engineer 
Melville was taken sick with typhoid fever and sent ashore at Key 
West, where he renuuned for about three months. He was then 




GEORiiF. \V. Ml.IAMLLE. 
Chikk EmjIM-KJ.- I'. S. N. 



hiu<;i;afhi(_'al skkiches. 127 

ti-;uisfern;d to tlie Smitia^u dt- ('nl)a. and ordi'i-ed to i-ejioi't to 
AdiniralAVilkes for duty in the Admiral's tiert, in (lie West Indies, 
known as the Flying Squadron. 

In lSt;i;3, Mr. Mei'vilk' returntMJ to I'liila.deipliia uii the Waclius- 
sett, and fitted lier for a cruise on the eoast of Brazil, to wateh the 
rebel cruisers. Tlie Waeliussett captured tlie Confederate steamer 
Florida in the liari>oi'of i'ahia, I'razil. and returned with hei- pi'i/.e 
and crew to llamjiteiu Roads, Va. Mr. Melville then volunteered 
for service in Admiral Porter's t(jr])edo fleet, in the inland waters 
<){ North Carolina. He was assigned to Torjiedo Boat No. li. He 
participated in the capture of Foi-t Fisher, and in clearing the 
lower waters of Cape Fear River of torpedoes and obstructions as 
far as Wilmington, N. C. after wliidi he wa transferred to the 
steamer Mauuiee. Captain James I'ailcer. When Petersl)urg was 
captured the Manmee was in service on the .lames Rivei-, and was 
one of the lirst, if not f/>ij first, vessel to (fnter Kiidmiiiud after its 
capture. 

Mr. Melville was soon aftei' transferred to rlie steamer ('liatta- 
nooga, and thence to the Tncoiiy, Cajitaiii Francis C. Rowe. The 
Tacou^• was oh service in the diilf of Mexico <hiring the occupation 
of Mexico bv the French Army, anil after ^laximilian's capture and 
sentence f>y the Mexican authorities. Captain Rowe joined in the 
[)rotest against the execution of that unfortunate officer. 

The Tacony WhS soon tifter order(!il t.> Pensacola, Fla.. where the 
crew were stricken with yellow fe\cr, and the ship was oriU-red to 
i'ortsmotitli, N. II.. where she wi'iit out of eotmnissioii. 

Mr. Melville was then ordereil lo the i'eiiob.scot. Captain Thomas 
Eastman, and made a cruise to the West Indies. The crew of this 
•ship were also stricken with yellow fever, and she was ordered out 
of commission. Mr. Melville was then ordered to the Lancaster, 
Captain Trencliard (this being the flag ship of Admiral Lanman). 
and made a cruise to Brazil. After a threi' years' cruise he was on 
dutv at the Navy Yard, Philadeliihia. 

When the news of the loss of the Polaris, of Flail's Artie Exjie- 
ditioii, was received, volunteers for a relii-f ex|iedition were called 
for by the (Tovernnieut. 'I'he >hip Tigress was purchased by the 
Government for this purpose. Captain .lames (ieer, I . S. X., was 
assigned to the command, and Mr. Melville aceom]ianied her a? 
(_!hief Engineer. The voyage «as made from New York to Rife 
Boat Cove"(tlie winter i)uaVtea-s of Dr. Kaiiei in the unprecedented 
time of thirty days, after which a tlioroug4i search was made on 
both sides of' Baffin's Bay and among the whalemen for tidings of 
the Polaris' crew. Being satislied from the records discovered, and 
from information obtained from natives, that the Polaris' crew had 
been rescued by whalers, the Tigris returned by way of Newfound 
land to New York, and Mr. Melville reported for duty at the Phil- 
adelphia Navy Yard. 

In May, is'l-f, he joined Admiral Reynolds' tiag-shii) Tennessee, 
commaiuied by Captain Low, U. S. ,\'.. and made a cruise to China 



12s r.lu(,i;Al-Hl( AL SKETCHES. 

and .hipaii. I'etnniino' to Kew York in 1878; lie was then ordered 
to duty at the Navy Yard, League Island, Philadelphia. 

In 187s the steamer Jeannette was purchased by James Gordon 
Bennett, proi)rietor of the New York Herald, and sent to Mare Island 
Navy Yard, ('al.. wliere she was thoroughly overhauled and fitted for 
a p<.>iar expedition. Officers of the IT. S. Navy, bv jierniission of the 
(-rovernment, volunteered for the expedition, and Lieutenant Geo. 
W. DeLong was apjiointed to the connnand. Mr. Melville had 
previously sei'ved with DeLong- on the Lancaster, and was requested 
bv him to volunteer for the expedition as Chief Engineer. He 
joined the .leanette in May, 1879, and in July following sailed from 
Sau Francisco for the Polar regions. On September 4th of that 
year the ship was beset in the ice to the northward and eastward of 
Hei-ald Island, and after drifting for abont twenty-two months in 
the ])ack, was finally ciMished between the immense floes, five hun- 
dred miles from the coast of Siberia, in latitude 77° 15' N. and longi- 
tude 155° 50' E. 

It was during this long and dreary drift in the ice tliat the happy 
opjmrtunity offered for Melville to first unfurl their expeditioiuuT 
flag with honor, and make the fii'st huuling on new territory. The 
following extract from the printed junrnal of Lieutenant-Com- 
numder DeLong speaks for itself : 

Exti act from the Journal of Lkiiletiaitl-Coinmaiider DeLong. 

1881, .Time 5tli, Siiuday * * * * * Cruise of the " Jeannette. " 
The party lauded on the island on Thursday. .June 2d (Friday. June 3), hoisted 
our silU flag, took possession in the name of the Great .Jehovah and the United 
Stales of America, and, agreeably to mj- orders, named it Henrietta Island. They 
built a cairn, and jilaced within it the record which I sent willi them, and made 
as much examination of the island and search for vegetation as their limited stay 
would permit. The island is a desolate rock, surmounlcd liy a snow cap which 
feeds several discharging glaciers on its east face. Donekies nestling in the face 
of the rock is the only signs of game. A little moss, some grass, and a handful 
of rocks were brought back as trophies. 

The clifl's are inaccessible because of their steepness. The ice between the ship 
and the island is something frightful. Koad digging, ferrying and its attendant 
loading and unloading, arm brtykiug hauls, and panic stricken dogs, made their 
journey a terribly severe one. Wear the island the ice was all alive, and Melville 
left his boat and supplies, and carrying only a day's provisions and his instru- 
ments, at the risk of his life, went through the terrible mass, actually dragging 
the dogs, which, from fear, refused to follow their known leaders. 

If this persistence in landing upon this i.slaud, in spite of the superhuman dif- 
ficulties lie encoiuitered, is not reckoned a brave and meritorious action, it will not 
be from any failure on my part to make it known. * * * * ^ 

( >ii .liiiii' ]'■',. issi, tive days after the ship sank, DeLong and his 
jiarty commenced their retreat across the nioving ice of the Arctic 
Oci'an towards the coast of Siberia, the Lena Delta being tlie point 
of destination. Owing to the disability of tlie two line officers, 
l>ietitenants Chipp and Danenliower, who were next in command to 
DeLong, Engineer Melville was placed in command of the entire 
working force, which was engaged in transporting sleds and pro- 
visions, until the arrival of the party at Bennett Island. The party 
was then divided into three boats' crews; Lieutenant DeLong took 



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command of tlie first cutter. Lieutenant Cliipp. luivino; recovered 
from liis illness, was placed in command of the second Cutter, and 
En.sinecr Melville the whalehoat. The instructions i;iven hv 
DeLong to Ciiipp and Melville were that if an unavoidable sejiaration 
should take ]ilace, the destination of each should Ije the noi-tlieast 
point (Ca])e Bai'kin i of the I.i'iia Delta. DcLong and Melville 
reached there on Septemlier 17. at widely different ]ioints however, 
nearlyone hundred and fifty niilc.^ di.-,tant from each other. Lieu-' 
tenant Chipji's boat was lost during' a heavv gale on the niijht of 
September 12. 1881. 

Engineer Melville, after securing the safety of his own jiarty. 
commenced the search for DeLong. A-lthough suffering severely 
from the effects of frost bite, and hardly able to stand up, he made 
a journey i.if thirty days' duration in the dead of winter, and con- 
tinued the searcli until all traces of his companions were lost. He 
followed the trail for a distance of si.xtv miles, but DeLonc: and 
his party had crossed and recrossed a branch of the Lena River until 
their trail was lost, and the heavy snows had obliterated every mark 
and footprint. Although failing to find DeLong, he secured the 
log books. pa]iers. and chronometer of the party, which had been 
cacheif on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, ami three written records 
of I)eLong"s. giving definite information of his whereabouts and 
condition. 

Melville crost.eil and recrossed a mountainous range, .i.OOt) feet 
above the sea level, in the months of December and January, with 
a tejnj)eratiire as low as minus 72' Fahrenheit, in his journey to 
Yakutsk, for the purjxtse of securing the assistance of the Russian 
ofticials anil renewing the search in the spring. 

In the spring of 1S.S2 the searcli was renewed by Melville and 
his party, and after a long and tedious journey the bodies of liis 
<lead companion.?, together \vith all the books and papers pertaining 
to the ex]icdition, were found. After burying his comrades on a 
mountain top overlooking the ]iolar sea, in. a mausoleum, the largest 
structure of any kiiicl north of Werkeransk, he continued the search 
for Lieutenant ('hipp, running a coast line of over five hundred 
miles. After a long and diligent search, and failing to find any 
trace of C'hipp and his [larty, Engineer Jlellville and his few surviv- 
ing comrades returned home by way of St. Petersburg, Berlin and 
London, arriving in Xew York on September 11, 1882. 

Shortly after their return an official investigation was made by the 
Xavy Department, which developed the fact that Chief Engineer 
Melville had done all that human ingentiity could devise, or human 
endurance sustain, to rescue his unfortunate comra<les. The result 
of this investigation is embodied in the following : 



13n BKiOKAPIIICAI. SKKTl'llKS. 

K.rlj-nd from Finding.'' nf Naval Court of Inquiry — (Jommodjore Wm. G. Temple, 
Vice Premlent — Captain .lonepli N. Milter, U. S JY., Member — Commander F. 
V. MrNair. U. S. N.. Meniher — Moxti'r SuDiuel C. Lemhy. .Judge Adrocjite. 

Wasiiinhton. D. C, / 

Oi'ldlxT ."), 18S2, until April 7. 1«83. ) 
Page 2«(i : 

.S'/>//' — As U) "Uie tjciH r;il coiKiucl ami iiR'iils nf t:icli anil all Ibe officers and 
men of the expeiiilion :" 

There is eonclnsive evidence thai aside from trivial difficulties, such as occur 
on shipboard, even under the most favorable circumstances, and which had no 
influence in brinsio.i; about the disasters of the expedition and no pernicious effect 
upon its general conduct, every officer and man so conducted himself that the 
court finds no occasion to inii>ute censure to any member of the part}-. In view, 
then, of the long and dreary monotony of the cruise, the labors and privations 
encountered, the disa]ipointment consequent upon a waul of important results, 
and the uncertainty of their fate (and apart from a natural desire to tread lightly 
on the graves of the dead), the general conduct of the pirmnnet of the expedition 
seems to have been a marvel of cheerfulness, good fellowship, and mutual for- 
liearance, while the constancy and endurance with which they met the hardships 
and dangers that beset them entitle them to great praise. 

Beside the mention already made, however, special commendation is due Lieu- 
tenant-Commander DeLoug for the high qualities displayed by him in the con- 
duct of the expedition. To Chief Engineer Meville for his zeal, energy, and pro- 
fessional aptitude, which elicited high encomiums from his commander, and for 
his subsequent efforts on the Lena Delta, and to Seamen Mindeman and Sweet 
man for service, which induced their commander to recommend them for medals 
of honor. 

Soiiio I if the ffieml.'s of tlif (lecea.'sed fxplofers were iiitilei- tlio 
iiiipre.^sioti tliat itiipDftMiit faets liad hecii suppressed, ami at tliuir 
earnest sdlicitation a Ccnigi'es.^ioiial investigation was ufiiei'ed. Engi- 
neer ^[elville and the utiier survivors were suininoned tn ap)ie;ir. 
and after a most tiioronoh and .searciiing in\ estioatioii hy tlie Con- 
i!;ressional Coinniittee, the report of the Navy l^epartiueiit was fully 
contirmed. 

About tliis time atinther expedition was sent out in .Search of 
Lieut. Greel\ and liis party, and Chief Eiii;-ineer Melville was 
assii^ned to tlie tlao-ship Thetis, coniniainied l>y (\ipt. AViiifield S. 
Schley. The expedition was successful, and Lieut. (4reely and the 
survivors of his party, six iti iitind)er. niiu'teeii haviny died, were 
rescued from their perilous position just as they had j^iveii up all 
hopes of being rescued. 

In 1884 Mr. Melville was assigned dtdy as Cual Inspector of the 
United States Navy at the port of New York. Mis unfortunate 
experience has not damped his ardor or weakened his faith in the 
ultimate success <d' the long .sought for object, and he is willing and 
ready to lead another expedition in the interests of science. 

('omrade ]\lelville was mustered into F. S, (4ratit Post ii'iT, on 
Tuesday evening, Oi^tober 13, 1885, General (^). .V. (Jillmore. of the 
Armv. being mustered in the same eveniii;^-. 



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JOHN P. NEWCOMB 

Wiis horn in Pittstown. Runssehier coniitv. N. V.. nn rlie fuiirth i.f 
January, 1S43. In 1S59 he ran away from licunc anil jnincd the 
Second U. S. (Javah-y, remainina; in service tnr one year, wlien lie 
was discharged under tlie " Baijy Act." He returned home in 1860, 
and on the nineteentli of Ajiril, ISOl. lie enlisted in Company F, 
Second Regiment Xew York Yolnnteers for two years as private. 
He participated in the battles of Big Bethel, Fair Oaks, Seven 
Days' fight. Savage Station, White Oak Swam]!. Charles City Cross 
Roads. Glendale, Malvern Hill and Second Bull Run. At the latter 
place he was cajitureil by the Eleventh Virginia (,'avah-y and paroled 
on the field. He \\as sent to ditferent ])oints, and finally exchanged 
at Columbus, ( )., and returned to his regiment at Falmouth, ^'a., in 
January. 1863. He afterwards took part in the battle iif Chancel- 
lorsville. He was mustered out of service with his regiment on the 
fourteenth of May, Is63, at Tro}', X. Y. On the twenty-third of 
August following he enlisted as private in I) Company. Twenty- 
first Xew York (.'avalry for three years, or during the war. He was 
soon after promoted Sergeant. He participated in the battles of 
Bunker Hill, AVinchester, Fisher's Hill, Brown's Gap, Piedmont, 
Mount Jackson, Cedar ('reek, Xineveh. Five Forks and .^aihirs" 
Creek, besides a number of skii'inishes. 

In 186.5 he went with his regiment to (Colorado, to I'elieve other 
volunteer regiments. He was mustered out of service on tlie sixth 
of July, 186(), at Denver, Colorado. 

In 1866 he was appointed patrolman on the Police Depai-tmeiit ar 
Troy, X. Y. 

On the second of August, 1.^66, he married Miss Sarah Burchard, 
of Troy. X. Y. Thev have two children, viz.: John A. and 
Mai-y O. 

In April, ISTH, he was appointed patrolman oti the Brooklyn 
Police Department, and in (Jctober following lie was transferi'ed to 
the Mounted Squad. 

Mr. Xewcomb, as one of the Relief Guard on General Grant's 
remains, was oti duty at Albany August 5, at Xew York on the 7th. 
from 8 toll p. m., on the detail of David A. Pitcher. 



CAPTAIN HERBERT C. NEWELL 

Was born in Cambridgeport, Mass., on the first of November, 1843, 
and removed to Framingham, Mass., when a child, where lie resided 
at the breaking out of the war. 

On the twenty-fifth of July, 1862, he enli.sted for three years as 
private in Company II, Thirty-second Regiment Mas>acliusetts Vol- 



132- BIOGKAPHICAI, SKETCHES. 

unteers, and was soon after promoted Corporal. He was attached to 
the First Division, Fifth Army Corps. He participated iu the bat- 
tles of Antietam, Fredericksbui-o;, Cliancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rap- 
pahannock Station and Mine Run. In November following he was 
ordered by the Secretary of War to report to General Banks at New 
Orleans, with a view to an appointment in the Corj5s d'Afrique. On 
the twenty-second of April, 1864, he was commissioned Second 
Lieutenant, and assigned to Company H, Sevent3'-si.xth U. S. Colored 
Infantry at Fort Hudson. After remaining at that place for some 
months his regiment was ordered to liarrancas, Fla., and thence to 
Mobile. Fie soon after took part in the battle of Blakelee. He then 
accompanied his regiment up the Alabama river, and returned soon 
after to Mobile, wdiere he remained until June, 1865, and was 
ordered to Shrevesport, La. Continued at the latter place for about 
nine months, and was then ordered to New Orleans. 

On the tenth of August, 1865, he was promoted to First Lieu- 
tenant, and on the sixth day of October, 1865, was commissioned 
Captain. On the thirty-tirst day of December, 1865, he was mus- 
tered ont of service with his regiment. 

In 1866 he removed to New York and entered the hou.'^e of H. 
B. Claliin & Co. In 1877 he established the manufacturing station- 
ery business under the firm name of Oberly A: Newell, located at 
present at 132 Cliureh street. 

In 1870 he married Clara C. Osgood, of Framingham, Mass. 
They have live children, viz. : Edgar G., Bertha L., Herbei-t C. Jr., 
John O. and Clifford C. " . . 

Captain Newell, as a member of U. S. Grant Post 327. composed 
one of the body guard while the remains of General Grant lay in 
state at Albauv and in New York Citv. 



I AMES C. ORK 



Was born in New York City on December 1 7. 1S35, and was 
educated at the public schools. 

On August 29, 1862, lie enlisted as private in Company G, 
Twenty-first New Jersey Volunteers. He took part in the battles 
of Fredericksburg and Cliancellorsville, during the latter engage- 
ment lie was captured by the enemy and sent to Belle Island prison, 
where he remained for about a month. He was mustered out of 
service with his regiment June 19, 1863, as corporal. 

In 186-1 he married Miss Louisa Bianil, of New York City. They 
have four living children, viz. : Ella. James S, Charles Frederick, 
and Louisa. 

The maternal grandfather of Mr. Orr served in the w^ar of 1812. 

Mr. Orr is a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 126, I. O. O. F., of 
Kniglits of Pythias Lodge, No. 32, and of Am:u-aiith Council, No. 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 133 

461, Eoyal Arcanum. He was one of the charter menil)ers of Post 
327. He served on the "Eelief Guard" while the remains of 
General Grant lay in .state at Albany, and was attached to Adjutant 
George A. Price's iletail. Second Relief, August 5. He continued 
to serve at intervals until the closing ceremonies of August S, and 
accompanied the remains to their final resting place at Riverside. 



WILLIAM OSBORNE 



Was born in Cutchogue, Long Island, April 1, lS-13. He removed 
to Plattsburg, New York, where he commenced the study of law. 
On August 20, 1802, he joined the t)ne Ilumlred and Twenry-sev- 
entli Regiment New York Volunteers as lu'ivatc in (Nuniiany H., 
commanded by Stewart L. Woiidft)i'd. lie was enniHcd for three 
years or during the war. He took part in the siege of Suffoll;, Va., 
the jnirsuit of Longstrect, operations against Richmond under Gen- 
eral Keyes on the Peninsula, Army of the Potomac ojjerations from 
Williamsport until the middle of August, operations of General 
Gillmore at Fi.illy, Coles and Morris islands, South Carolina, 1S63, to 
April, ISOi, in the batteries against Charleston and forts in (!harles- 
ton harbor until October, lS6-i, battle of Deveaux's Neck, Pocata- 
ligo, and Honey Hill, Decendier 29, engagement near Charleston 
and Savannali Railroad February, 1865, skirmish at Edisto River. 
South Carolina. The regiment was most of the time attached to 
Schemmelpfening's Brigade, Gordon's Division, and Tenth and 
Twenty-second Army Corps. Mr. Osborne was among the fortunate 
ones who came througli the war unscathed. He was honorably dis- 
charged June 30, 1865. At the close of the war he returned to 
Plattsljurg, N. Y., and went from there to Wisconsin. In 1868 he 
removed to Brooklyn, where in 187S he liecame established in the 
tish business. 

On April 15, 187tt, he married Miss Emma "Woodruff, of Mineral 
Point, Wisconsin, a native of Plattsburg, N. Y. They have one 
child named Joseph Ashbey. 

Mr. Osborne was formerly a member of Devin Post 148, G. A. R. 
In 1884 he joined Post 327. He was one of the first sent to 
Mount McGregor to guard the remains of General Grant, and 
served as a member of the " Relief Guard " at Albany under Adju- 
tant Price, from 5 to 8 a. m.. August 5. 



134 UIOOKAI'HKAL SKKTCHES. 



GEORGE G. PEAVEY 

Was born in the city of Troy, N. Y., on the lifteenth of Janniiry, 
18-1:1. After receiving a fair education, he entered the printing 
business. At tlie breaking out of the war lie had not reached liis 
majority. He enlisted in Company H, First New Hampshire 
V^olunteers, on the twenty-foui-tli of April, 1S61, for three months. 
At the expiration of his term of service, he joined Company B, 
First New York (Lincoln) Cavalry, on the si.xteenth of August, 18G1. 
He was honorably discharged on the thirty-first December, 1863, at 
Charlestown, Va., and on the first of JaTiuarj-. 1864, he re-enlisted 
as a veteran volunteer. 

He served with the Army of the Potomac until after the battle 
of Antietam, and was then transferred to the Department of West 
Virginia, under command of General Kelly. He .subsequently 
served under Generals Millroy, Siegel and Hunter, and in the Valley, 
under Generals Averill and Shei-idan. Was chief of scouts for 
A. A. G. Watkins, under (Tcnerals Seward, Lightbourn, and Col- 
onel Cole. When serving as scout in the mountains near Ilom- 
ney, W. Va., in October, 1S62, he received a gunshot wound in 
the right ankle, and in May, 1864, was wounded in the right breast 
and hand. He was taken to a private house, from which he was 
soon after driven by the " rebs." He walked to Harper's Ferry, 
and found his regiment. He was honoraI)ly discharged July 7, 1865. 

On the sixth of April, 18G5, he married Miss S. H. Van Vacter, 
who nursed him at her mother's lionse in the Shenandoah Valley, 
whei-e he lay suffering from his wound. They have foui' childi-en, 
viz. : Georgie E., Chai'les A., Koliert W., and Frank A. 

Mr. Peave}' served on the Relief Guard August 5, while the 
remains of General Grant lay in state at the City Hall, New York, 
and on the sixth he served from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. On the seventh 
he served on the detail of David Pitcher, from 8 to 11 p. m. 



CAPTAIN HENRY PRATT 

Is descended from an old and well-kut)wn family of that name who 
settled in Chelsea, Mass., early in the seventeenth century. His 
paternal grandfather was an officer in the revolutionary war, and 
his great-grandfather was one of the famous " Boston Tea Parti/.^' 
Both his paternal and nuiternal ancestors fought in the French War, 
in the War of the Revolution, and in the War of 1812. His fatlier, 
who is now eighty-nine years of age, served in the War of 1812. 
Captain Pratt was born in Chelsea, Mass., on the sixteenth day of 
August, 1838. He remained in his native town until 1852, when 
he removed to New York City and became connected with the Hud- 



Klni.K-AlMlli \ I, >l< F'r< UK' 



son River liailroaij Company. At tin- lnvakiiii;- out of the war he 
iinniediately severed hifi coiuiecliou with the rompaiiy and oti'ereil 
liis services in defense of tiie riiii.ni. (>n the niiieteciith of April, 
ISlil, he enlisted as private in ('oni|iaiiy (i, Twelftii liei;inient New 
York State jMilitia for tliree months. At the expiration of his 
term of service he enlisted in Company A, Eii;'hty-ninth Rei;'iment 
New York Volniitccrs, for thivr years, and in Septeml)er followini; 
was commissioned First Lieutenant. In -Tanuai'V. iSt'ii;, he acrom- 
panied the Burnside Ex]ieditiun to North Carolina and touk ])art 
in the engaii-enient at Camden. His reji'iment was sidisequently 
ordered to Washintjton and sent in jiursuit of Lee at Frederick City, 
^L]. His reii'iment iit this time was attached to the First Lriifade, 
Third Division, and Ninth Army Corps, lie ti.iok part in the 
hattlesof South ^fountain and .\iitierani. Durino- the latter eni;aii-e- 
ment Lieutenant I'ratt was ^llot ihrouLth the tln'nh and returned 
home on sick leave. Li Octoliei-, lS(r_', duriui;- his illness, he was. 
comndssioned Captain, and on tlu' tenth of L)ecendifr followinij; he 
joined Ids regiment and piarticipatcd in the hatth-of l''i-e(lerick.<l)urii', 
fought between the tenth and thirteenth. His i-egiment had licen 
reduced by losses to one hundred and fifty, and when the call foi' 
volunteers to cross the Ea].i]>ahannock I'iver in pontoon iioat>, was 
made everv man of the Eighty-ninth wanted to gn. luit only eighty 
men, together with four otKccr.- wcrr peianittnl to attempt the 
hazardous undertaking. The coi-[)s of engineers had |H-eviously 
made two attempts to hiy the bridge, and failed, iiwiug to the mur- 
derous tire of the rebel sharpsho(jtrrs. This iTgiment crc^is.sed 
and drove the sharpshooters froTii ^helrci-. and thus enabled the 
engineers to complete the bridge. 

Captain Pratt's wound had not .-utiicieiitly healed, and the expo.--- 
lire lirought on a relapse, which incapacitatcil hini foi- further ser- 
vice and he was obliged to resign. 

In ISO?, he married Adine F. Kdgcrly of Somer\ ille, ^Ll.~>. They 
have two living children, viz. : Juliel and Harry. 

Li 1S65 he i-enioved we.-t. where lie engaged in railroad busines.- 
until LS7S. when he i-eturned to Xcw 'i ork and liecanii' (-(jnuected 
with the Michigan ('entral R.ailroad ('dUjpany. of which he is now 
Treasurer. 



JAMES i;, l'i;lX(iLE 

Was born in Brooklyn .lunc l'^. ist-f,. Ten ycar> later, on the 
the death of his |iarcnts. he removed to .\i-w York City. 

On Septendjer 4, ISHi'. he enlisted a- |ii-i\afc in I'.aftery L, 'i'hird 
.\ew York Light Vohinteer .\rtillery \'uv three years or during the 
war. He was sent to Fort llainilton, thence to .Moreheail City. 
N. C, where the rei^dment w.as stationed. 



13<1 lUOrxKAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

The first engagement of the regiment was at Old Ford, and 
subsequently at Goldsboro, where the battery did effective service. 
almost annihilating a rebel regiment which was driven back by 
well-directed tire, with a loss of over three hundred dead and 
wounded, without the aid of infantry. During this engagement 
an incident occurred which illustrates the friendly feeling that 
existed between the Ninth New Jersey and the Tliird Artillery. 
A JFassachusetts chaplain asked a wounded Battery B soldier if he 
was supported l)y Providence in this trying hour. " No, by G — d," 
he said, " we ai-e supported by the Ninth New Jersey." 

Another incident worthy of mention is i-elated of Battery B 
while in camp at St. Helena Island, near Port Royal. The General in 
command had issued a barrel of commissary whisky for the sick of B 
('ompaiiy. The Captain placed it in the back part of his tent for 
•safety. One day a certain clique were observed to be growing hila- 
rious. Great was the mystification. No inquiries at first sufficed to 
discover where or how the potent liquid was obtained. At length 
the orderly sergeant found it out. It was noticed that among tiic 
toasts offered on the sly among the men, one was exceedingly 
l>opulai- and occasioned much merriment : "Here's to the tent with 
the barrel in it!" Then the truth came out. One day a few of 
the men had taken one of the luickets from the guns. A picket 
went around in trout of the Captain's tent. When the Captain 
(lro])ped asleep, at a signal a slit was made in the back of the tent. 
The barrel was tapped with a gimlet, and a pailful of the precious 
contents drawn off. The liole was plugged, and the initiated 
gathered in an appointed tent to drink the health of their officers 
and the tent with a barrel in it. 

< )ii April 1, ISCo, the regiment was ordered to Folly Island, and 
on the loth of -Inly following commenced siege to obtain posses- 
sion of one end of Morris' Island. This was accomplished on Sep- 
tember 6th. 

In the middle of November General Foster ordered the battery 
to co-operate with Sherman. On the 29th the battery arrived at 
Boyd's Neck, and the next day started for Grahamville or Honey 
Hill, where it had eight or ten hours' hard fighting. In that 
engagement Mr. Pringle had a horse shot under him and was him- 
self wounded in the thigh by a nn'nie ball, which laid him up for 
four weeks. 

On January 9 or 10, 18G5, there being no cavalry on this expe- 
dition, Colonel YanWyck, of the Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry 
Regiment, came to Battery B camp and wanted six meri to act as 
scouts on a secret expedition. Among those selected was Mr. 
Pringle. They got on board of a boat and went about fifteen 
miles up Stono River, where they had to jump the horses off' the 
boat and drive them ashore. Then the scouting commenced and 
the instructions given as to what was required. In about two 
hours after starting they had a skirmish with rebel pickets, and 
drove them back to a cross-road, where three of the battery men 



BIOciRAVHICAI. SKETCHKS. 137 

lieli-l them in check, while tlie other tliree, witii the Colonel, went 
the other route. After leavino; the first i-oad for al)out a mile, the 
Colonel ijave the order in a lonii vciirr : "Infantry deploy skir- 
mishers and eavalrv charge I" In dashini;- down the road they 
came npon the reljels di'ivinj; helter-skelter out of the hreastwoi'ks, 
they leaving two gnus in our ])ossessi(in. The reliels nnnihered 
about twenty, and we surprised them hy taking them in the rear, 
and the three battery-men and the Colonel held the works — Mr. 
Pringle being one of this party — and held it nnfil the infantry 
came up five or ten nnnutes later — dismounted one gun. throwing 
it into a (iitcli. and bi'inging the others into camp. 

On February 2S, 1805. the regiment entered Charleston. On 
May 1, ^li'. Pi'ingle and fourteen others, under the command of Lieu- 
tenant Breck, of Battery B, went on an exjiedition to Colundjia, 
8. C, and returiu'd May 27. with (-JoveiMior Mctirath a close 
prisoner. 

Private Pringle was mustered out of service at Syracuse, j*\. Y., 
July lo, 1S()5, by reasctn of termination nf hostilities. The follow- 
ing is a list of the engagements in which he ]iarticii>ated : Rawle's 
Mills, N. C, Novendier '2. ISCl^ ; Deep Gully, December 11 : 
Southwest Ci-eek, Decend)er 13 ; Kingston, Decendjer 14 ; White- 
hall, December IC); (roldsboi-d, I )ecember 17; Sealjrook, S. C. 
June 18, 1808: liombardment <<i Fort Sunitor, July; siege of 
Fort Wagner, July 18 to September "> ; Morris Island, August 22 
to 30; liombardment of Fort Sumter, Novendier 2 to .5 ; battle of 
John's Island, February 1 and July 9. ISG-l ; Honey Hill, Ga.. 
Novendjcr 3t) ; Pocatal'igo, S. C. J'ulyS; James' Island. July 9 ; 
Ashapoo, February 8, 18()."). 

On September 4, 186.-), just three years from the date of his 
discharge from the army, Pringle joined Company H, Eighth Regi- 
ment N. G. S. N. Y., aiid with his regiment took part in the Orange 
riots in New Y'oi'k City and the i-ailroad riots at Syracuse. He 
served nine years: part of the time as corporal, sub.sequently a.s 
sergeant. He then joined Company D, of the same regiment as 
private. After completing his term of service be removed to 
Brooklyn. He joined Post 327 in 18S3. During the Grant 
obsequies he was* aiijiointed one of the Relief Guard, and served 
as Sixth Relief August o, at AU.anv; First Relief. City Hall, New 
York, same day; First, Fourth and' Sixth Relief, August i\ and on 
the Seventh Relief August 7, from >i to 11 v. m., under the com- 
mand of David A. Pitcher. .Mr. i'ringle's portrait appears in 
Group 4. 



188 BIOGRAPHICAi. SKETCHED. 



JACOB POWLES 

Was li(irn in New York (itv imi .liilv 2. I^.'!7. IIu at'tf rw:ird.-- 
n'iii(i\(Ml to Iji'ooklyii. 

On Aimnst 12, lst)2. \iv cnli^tud in ('dinpanv 11, Fi)i-ty-uiglitl] 
Regiiiieiit New York \ nhintct'i-s, for three years. He joined the 
regiment at Fort j-'ulaski, and went from there to Hilton Head, 
S. (I., took pai't in the capture of Moi'ris Island, and in the night 
attack on Fort Wagner. The i-egiment wa.* reduced l)y lo.s.se.s from 
(ion t(i aijont 15(», and wa.s sent to St. Aiign.sfine, Fhi., to recruit, 
and thence to Palatka. ^Ir. Powles took part in the hatfle nf 
Olnstee, and then i-eturned with liis regiment to V^irginia ; took 
part in tlie battles of Bernnuhi llun(h'ed and Cold Harbor. Dur- 
ing the latter engagement he wa.s wounded in tlie thigh, which 
forced a pocket knife into tlie leg. He was sent to White 
House Landing, thence to I'inley Hospital. AVashington, and was 
afterwards ti-ansferred to the Ladies' Home Ho.spital, on Lexington 
avenue, New York (Jitv. where he remained until his discharge. 
May 2:3, 1865. 

On August 20, 18(i2, he married Catherine .1. ( '. l)enton, of 
Brooklyn. Th(>y have five children, viz.: Cliai-lcs A.. Ida. .\lbert, 
l*anline T., and Frank I). Tlicv lost one cliihl. 

Mr. Powlcs was formerly a member of IJankin Post, jS'o. !(•. 
He joined Post 327 soon after its organization. He was appointed 
on the Belief (Tuard while the remains of General Grant lay in 
.state at the (Japitol, in. Alliany, and served first on the detail of 
Adjutant Pi'ice, and remained on duty at intervals until the closing 
ceremonies of August s. 



SERGEANT THOMAS F. PHIPPS 

Was born in iJorcljpster, Mass.. April 2d, 1S4-I-, and received his 
education at the j^nblic and private schools. 

On October 25th, 18<i2, he enlisted as private in ('ompany 1. 
Foi'ty-seventh Massaclnisetts Infanti'y Volunteers, for nine months. 
He accompanied Banks" Expedition to Louisiana, and particijwted 
in several minor engagements. At tlie expiration of his term of 
service he re-enlisted in Company E, Sixtieth Massachussetts 
Infantry A^olunteei's, and was mustered in as Sei'gcant July KJtIi. 
18(14. He was stationed at lndiana]Kilis. Ind.. guarding rebel 
prisoners, and was discharged November \'Mh. 18l!l. having served 
altogether fourteen months. 

He removed to Brooklyn in 1868. In 1879 he joined K Com- 
pany, Twenty-third Eegiment N. G. S. N. Y.. of which iie is still 
a member. 



lilOGKAi'lIICAI. SKEICUKS. 139 

He was formerly a, iiiember of Ilanldn P<ist, No. lu, and was a 
charter iiieinber of Pi)St .'!2T. He w;is (me of tlie aduitioiial detail 
wlio went to Mount MeUregor to ijnard tlie remains of General 
(Irant. and again serv(;d on CranstoiTs detail ;it tlie City Hall, New 
York, Augnst Otii, from S to 11 a. m.. and nn the Tth from 5 to 

10 A. M. 



SERGEANT A. S. ROWLEY 

Was born in East Bhiomtield, Ontario county, on the twenty-fourth 
of February, 1810. He subsequently removed with his parents to 
Monroe county, N. Y., where he resided at the lireaking out of the 
war. In iSCi'i lie enlisted as private in Company F, One Hundred 
and Eighth regiment New Yoi'k Volunteers, Colonel O. H. Palmer 
(•ommanding. The regiment was organized in Monroe county, and was 
mustered into the service for three years. 

Mr. Rowley participated in the battles of Antietam, Chancellors- 
ville, Bristow Station, Gettysburg, Mine Run, and the Wilderness. 
At the latter place he was wounded in the thigh, and confined in 
the hospital for two months. He afterwards took part in the engage- 
ments at Ream's Station ami Hatcher's Run. WhiU^ in his tent at 
Fort McGilvrey he was wounded in the head and was absent from 
duty about a month. On tLe seventh of April, 1S<15, at High 
Bridge, he was wounded in the left thigh and confined in the hos- 
pital for over three months. 

He was mustered out of service as Sergeant undei- general orders 
liischarging all hospital patients. 

He removed to Brooklyn in lS<»r), and engageil in the real estate 
business. In the fall of 1873 he was elected Alderman of the Sev- 
enth Ward, served for two years, and was re-elected in the fall of 
1875. During the latter period he was Chairman of the Committee 
i>n Finance and Railroads. 

On the sixteenth of September, 1871. he married Amelia Tysen, 
of Staten Island. They have one child, named Ethel S. 

On the first cd" Deceudjcr, 1877, he was appointed Property Clerk 
of the Police Department. The duties of Cloth and E(|uipment 
Clerk have recently been added to his other duties. As a repre- 
sentative of Post 327 he formed one of the Guartl over the remains 
of General Grant at Mount McGregor, July 26, and accomjianied 
the Post to Riverside. 



140 BloOEAPHICAI. SKETCHES. 



SEEGT. WILLIAM REID 



Was born in New York City, on the twenty-ninth of July, 1841. 
Previon.s to tlie war he was clerk in a New York mercantile house. 

On the fourteenth of May, 1861, he enlisted as ]-)rivate in Com- 
pany A, Sixty-seventh Regiment New York Volunteers, for three 
years. He participated in the battles of Yoi'ktown, Williamsburg. 
Hanover 0. H., Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, Seven Days' Fight, Mal- 
vern Hill, Harrison's Landing, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South 
Mountain, Antietam. Fredericksburg. Cliancellorsville, Marye's 
Heitrhts, (iettysbni'i;-, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, North and 
South Anna, Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred, and Siege of Peters- 
burg. He was honorably discharged as sergeant on the fourth of 
July, 1864. 

He returned to Brooklyn, and was engaged for a term as book- 
keeper in a banking house. For the last six years he has filled the 
position of cashier and book-keeper in the extensive establishment 
of E. D. Burt et Co., of Brooklyn. 

In 1867 he married Sarah E. Buckley, of Kingston, Ulster county. 
N. Y. They have two living children, viz., Margaret Armenia, and 
Edward Burt. 

Mr. Reid formed one of the guard placed over the remains of 
General Grant at Mount McGregor, .Tuly 26. Ht; was also attached 
to Major Tait's Seventh Relief at New York, August 6, 8 to 11 
i>. M., and again at 11 p. ji. on the 7th. to 2 a. m. on the 8th. 



D. L. RUTH 



Was born in New York City, on the tenth of March, 1837. He 
first entered the United States service under Captain L. B. Parson, 
A. Q. M., November 19, 1861. Was appointed Assistant Paymas- 
ter United States Navy, August 10, 1862, and attached to the 
United States steamer Louisville, of the Mississippi Squadron. He 
took part in General Sherman's first_attack on Vicksburg in Decem- 
ber, 1862; also in the Deer Creek expedition; was on the Louis- 
ville when siie successfully ran by the batteries of Vicksburg ; 
took part in the capture of Grand Gulf ; was in front of Vicksburg 
at the time of its surrender; and in company with the Commander 
of the Louisville, landed on the wharf at 10.30 a. m., on the morn- 
ing of the surrendei'. He also took part in the Red River expe- 
dition. 

Resigned from the navy on the twenty-third of October, 1865. 

During the obsequies of General Grant, Mr. Ruth served on 
Cranston's detail August 7th, from 5 to 8 a. m., and on Van Cortel 
vou's detail from 2 to 5 p. m. same date. 



HIOGiJAPHICAL SKETCHES 



GEORGE W. RAYMOND 

Was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on the seventeenth of March, lS4t^. He 
enlisted in the Union army as drnninier boy on tiie twenty-fonrtli of 
July, ISGl. beino- then but fifteen years of aye. He joined Com- 
pany C, Forty-eighth Regiment New Torlv Volunteers, and was 
mustered in for three years. He re-enlisted in the same company 
and regiment before the expiration of his term of enlistment. 

He accompanied Brigadier-General Sherman's Expedition to Port 
Royal, S. C, and took part in the capture of Hilton Head fortitica- 
tions. He also ]xirtici]iated in the engagement at Port Royal Ferry. 
Siege of Fort Pula.-ki, Ga., capture and burning of Blulfton, S. C, 
the capture of 3[orris Island, S. (A, and in the night attack on Fort 
Wagner, July is, 1SG3. 

He subsequently participated in the engagements at Fort Darling, 
Drury's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, siege of Peters- 
burg, Mine Exjilosion, Deep Bottom, Strawberry P'lains, Foster's 
Plantation and Newmarket Heights, Foi't Fisher. Wilmington, N. C, 
and with Gen. Sherman at Raleigh, N. C. 

He was mustered out cjf service on the first of September, 18()5. 
In 1867 he received an a]ipointnient in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 
where he has since filled various i)osition8. He is at]iresent receiver 
of stores in the Steam Engineering department. He served in the 
Twenty-third Regiment N. G. S. N. Y. from 1867 to 1869 ; with the 
Ninth Regiment from 1870 to 1873, ami with the Seventh Regiment 
from 1874 to 1881. 

In 1877 he married Elizabeth Melleii, of Brooklyn, N. Y. They 
have three children, viz. : Lillian Melville, George W., Jr., and Mabel 
Maud. 

Mr. Raymond is a member of the Forty-eighth Veteran Associa- 
tion. He was one of the cliarter members of Post 327. 

While the remains of General Grant lay in state at City Hall, 
New York, he served as a member of the Relief Guard from 11 
A. M. to 2 p. M., on the 5th, from S to 11 p. m. ; on the 7th, and 
was on duty from 11 p. m. to 2 a. ji. on the 8th. 



ENOCH RUTZLER 



Was born in New Y^ork City on the tenth of Ajiril, 1846. He sub- 
sequently removed to Southold, L. I., wlicre he received a fair edu^ 
cation. 

On the twenty-sixth (_)f August, 1S62, being then Ijut sixteen years 
of age, he enlisted as private in Company B, One Hundred and 
Thirty-ninth Regiment New Y^ork Volunteers. He was connecteil 
with the First Division, Eighteenth Army Corps. He participated 



142 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

in the second battle of Williamsburg, occupation of White House 
Laiuling, Baltimore Cross Roads, Bermuda Hundred, Swift Creek, 
Fort Darling, Cold Harbor, ChapinV Farm, siege of Petersburg and 
the capture of Richmond, besides several smaller engagements. The 
One Hundred and Thirty-ninth was the first regiment that entered 
Richmond. After the battle of Chapin's Farm Mr. Rutzler was 
promoted Corporal. He remained on duty at Richmond some time 
after its capture. He was mustered out of service with his regiment 
on the nineteenth of June, 1S65. 

At the close of the war he retui'ned to Brooklyn. In 1868 he 
married Miss Matilda J. Pierson, of New York City. They have 
two children, viz. : Emma M. and John Enoch. 

In 18T1 Mr. Rutzler established in New York City the business of 
steam-heating under the firm name of Neil & Rutzler, afterwards 
Rutzler & Ives, and later Rutzler & Blake. 

Mr. Rutzler is a member of the Ancient Order of United Work- 
men, Royal Arcanum and American Legion of Honor, and other 
benevolent organizations. 



EDWARD ROBERTS. 

The record of Mr. Roiierts is a most remarkable one, and but for 
the fact that it is supported by documentary evidence, would appear 
incredible. That a man could pass through three of the most 
impoi'tant campaigns fought l)y the British Army during the past 
century, and again particijiate in nearly all the great battles of the 
war of the rebellion escaping with only a flesh wound in the hand, 
is almost without a parallel. 

Mr. Roberts was born in England on July 6, 182G. He joined 
the British Army as bugler when he was but 17 yeai'S of age. He 
served throughout the Ci'imean war, participating in every impor- 
tant engagement from the battle of Alma to the capture of Sebasto- 
j)ol. He next served in the Cape war under Sir Charles Najiier, 
and in the Sepoy war under Sir Henry Havelock, Sir Hugh Rose 
and General Plope Grant. Under the scorching heat of the tropics 
he made a forced march of over one thousand miles, took part in 
twenty-five engagements, terminating in the capture of Delhi. In the 
storming of Delhi he received a wound in the hand by a tulwar. At 
the death of Sir Henry Havelock he was by his side serving as 
Inigler. His entire term of service in the Bi'itish Army covered a 
period of over eight years as bugler, jirivate, and non-commissioned 
officer. He afterwards came to America, and on the breaking out 
of the war was living in Chicago, 111. He was among the flrst to 
join the Union Army. He enlisted in Company E, Howard's Naval 
Brigade, which combined the artillery, infantry, and naval branches 
of the aervice. The regiment was organized in Chicago, but cred- 



BlOUKAl'HICAJ. SKKTCHES. MP> 

ited to New York State. It was first arnu-lied to tlio Biiniside 
expedition, and with it Mr. Roljerts took part in the en^-apeinents 
at Koaiioke Lslaml, EHzabeth City, Newijern. Little Wasiiingtoii. 
Kiiicfstoii. -(Toldshoro. and Camden or South Mills. He afterwards 
went with the Ninth Ai-niy Corps to the Potomac, and took parr 
in the battles of Second Ihill Knti. Sunth Mountain. Crompton 
Gap, Antietani and Frederickshnr>;', After heini;' nmstei'ed oni 
at tile close of his tei'ni of service he came to New York. In 
July, iS*33, he eidisted in Company JJ. Seventeenth New York 
Vetei'an Volunteers. With only seventy-five men he pai-tici- 
]iated in the draft I'iots in which his connnandci', ( 'ol. .lardini', 
was wouudeil, and several men killed and woiimlcd liy the riot- 
ers, llis reo'iment afterwards joined the army in the west, 
lieiiii; much of the time on detaclK'd service. it pursued the 
reljel (xenpral Forrest, from one point to anotlicr, had several 
skirmishes, and tinally joined Sherman's Army at Stevenson, 
Ala. Mr. Roberts participated in the battles of ^lissionarv Iiiiii;e. 
Chattanooga, Dalton. Ringold. Dnzzard's Koost, Atlatoona. Kesacca, 
Mai'ietta. Stone Creek, and a serie.-- of engagements which termi- 
nated in the l)attle of Jonesboi-o and the capture of Atlanta. 
After the capture of Atlanta his regiment was transferred to the 
Fourteenth Army Corps, and operated against Hood in tlie valley 
of tlie Chickamauga, and after holding ChattaiKKiga fo)' a time 
rejoined Sherman's Arujy and accomiianied it in the famous 
"march to the sea." After the capture of Savannah he ))articipated 
in several engagements which closed with the battle of Bentonville 
and surrender of Johnson, lie was mustered out of service on 
August 25, lS(i5. During the entire period he never lost a day 
fi'oni sickness or other causes. 

At the <dose of the war he removed to A'ew York, and in ISSl he 
married Mrs. Mary E. Piidvard, of Brooklyn They have two 
children, viz. : Thonuis and Edward Francis. 

He joined Post 327 in 18S3. He served as a member of the Keiiel 
(Tuard during the Grant obsecjuie.s, tir.st at Albany, xVugust .i, and at 
the Citv Hail, Xew York, August C ;iiid 7. 



SERGT. NELSON SAMMIS 

Was born in New York City, on the fii'»t of January, 1842. Previ- 
ous to the war he was living'at Huntington, L. 1., and was one of the 
first men in that village to volunteer in the Union Army. On the 
eleventh of August, 1862, he joined Company A, One Hundred and 
twenty-seventh" Regiment New York Volunteers, known as the 
Monitor regiment. "He rettirned the ne.xt day and took ten recruits 
from the village, and then informed Colonel Gnerney, of the regi- 
ment, that other recruits might be obtained. A recruiting officer 



144 BinaRAPHICAL sketphes. 

was sent there, and soon after two companies were organized in 
the same locality. Mr. Sammis was offered a Second Lieutenant's 
commission, but declined to accept it. He went with his regiment 
to the front, and participated in several skirmishes in 1S62-3. In 
the summer of 18ti8, his regiment was ordered to Hilton Plead, 
S. C, and from thence to FoUy Island. He participated with his 
regiment in several engagements, and at the battle of Honey Hill 
the i-egiment sustained severe loss. The regiment was subsequently 
ordered to Morris Island, and remained there for three or four 
months, during which period several sorties were made on Fort 
Johnson, James Island. Orders were finally received to cut the 
i-ailroad between Charleston and Savannah, ;uid thus open com- 
munication with Sherman's army. This was attended with severe 
loss, the regiment being almost constantly engaged in skirmishing. 
After the capture of Charlestou, Mr. Sammis spent the remainder 
of his time doing pi'ovost duty in Chai'leston. He was honorably 
dischai'god at (]!harlcston, S. C, on the tirst of June, 1865. 

Soon after his return he entered into the boot and shoe business, 
and in 1877 established business for himself at 707 Myrtle avenue, 
Brooklyn. 

In 1873 he married Emma Jarvis, of Huntington, L. I. He was 
one of the charter members of Post 327. and evinces a deep interest 
in all matters connected with the G. A. R. He was a member of 
the Relief Guard over the remains of General Grant at the Capitol 
at Albany, and I'emained on duty at intervals until the day of the 
funeral. 



JOILX H. STtJDLEr 

Was born neai- Calais, Me., in 1825. His pai'ents died when he 
was a chikl, and he was left to '• paddle his own canoe." He fol- 
lowed a sea-faring life for seventeen years, and finally settled in 
Xew York city, and was appointed on the city police. 

On April 21, 1861, he enlisted for two years in Company H. 
Fourth Regiment, New York Volunteers, known as Scott's Life 
(-iuards. He was appointed Sergeant. Pie took part in the battles 
of Big Bethel, .\.i]tietam, I'rederieksburg, and Chancellorsville ; was 
slightly wounded at Antietam. On the expiration of his term he 
was mustered uut May 2y, lSfi3, and returned to the New York 
police department ; took part in the draft riots. He resigned his 
position on the police in September, 1863, and enlisted in 13 Com- 
pany, Xiiu'ty-tifth New York Volunteers, 'for the war. He partici- 
pated in the engagements at .Mine Run. At the battle of the 
Wilderness he received a contused wound in the left breast. He was 
absent twice on thirty days' furlough, and afterwards served in the 
defense of Washington, the siege of Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 145 

Hatcher's Run, and Daljnev's Mills. At. tlie latter place he was 
wounded in tlie riglit shoulder and sent to Jarvis' General Hospital 
at Baltimore. He afterwards joined his regiment at Bailey's Cross 
Ivoads, and was mustered out <if service under General Order Xo. 
2r>, at Xew York. 

In 1850 he mari-ied Miss ]\Iari;-aret Tao-g-art. <;)f New York. 
They have six children, viz. : Florence Jane. George Henry, John 
H., Jr.. William Joseph, Charles Thomas, and Margaret Henrietta. 

Mr. Studley wa> Formerly a nienihei' of Rankin Post, Xo. 10, 
and was one of the charter menihers of Post 327. Ho served as a 
member of the Relief Guard, and was on the detail of Adjutant 
Price, at Albany : canted on duty until the closing ceremonies of 
Au2"ust 8. 



LIEUTEXANT HARMAX C. SCHITLTZ 

Was horn in Brooklyn, N.Y., on the thirteenth of July, 183S; edu- 
cated at the public schools, and subsequently engaged as clerk in the 
lumber business. 

He was mustered into the United States service as Sergeant of 
Company C, Forty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteers, August. 
1861, promoted to Second Lieutenant August 28, 1863 ; First Lieu- 
tenant May IS, lS6-t. 

He was attached to Brigadier General Sherman's Expeditionar}- 
Corps to Port Royal, S. C., and capture of Hilton Head fortifica- 
tions. He jiarticipated in the engagement at Port Royal Ferry ; 
Siege of Fort Pulaski, captui-e ami burning of Ijluffton, S. C ; was 
in garrison at Fort Pulaski, July, 1863 : participated in the capture 
of batteries on Morris Island, S. C. He was slightly wounded in 
the night assault on Fort Wagner. July 18, 1863. He was subse- 
quently on duty at St. Augustine, Hilton Head and Jacksonville. 
Fla. ; took part in the l)attle of Olnstee, Fla. 

He participated in the engagements at Fort Darling, Drury's 
Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Cold tiarbor, siege of Petersburg, Mine 
Expli>sion, Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plains, Foster's Plantation 
and Xewmarket Heights. He was wounded at Charles City Road, 
Sept. 28. He resigned on the seventeenth of November, 186-lr. 

At the close of the war he returned to Brooklyn, and engaged in 
the aucti(Mi business. He is at present located at 379 Fulton street. 

In 1S66 he mari'ied Miss Fi'ances A. Booz, of Bi-ooklyn, N. Y. 
They have one child, named William J. 

Lieutenant Schultz is a mcmliei' of the I'orty-eighth Regiment 
V^eteran Association. He was one of the early members of Post 
327. 



146 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 



COLONEL JAMES C. SLxVtiHT 

Was burn at Tuckerti)i;. in tliu Statu of New Jersey, uii June 
SOtli, 181S. IJis lather, lim-nt Slaglit. was a native of the State of 
New Yoi'k, and a repivseiitativc of one of uur oldest Kiiickerhoeker 
families. Dnrine tlie wai- of 1812 he was taken prisoner and con- 
fined ill the Britisli prison at Halifax until peace was proclaimed. 
Colonel Slaglit, tlirouji-h the training and example of his fatliei'. 
early in life took an active interest in public affairs, and upon the 
breaking out of the liebellion was the first man from Kings County. 
New York, to pledge the services of his sword and receive a com- 
mission from President Alirahani Lincohi — an act of patriotism 
diiubly marked from the fact of his refusal of an important foreign 
nussioii to which he had been appointed, in order to protect his 
honored government under the shadow of the oW flay. His duties 
were those of a staff officer from the opening to the closing of the 
war. Commencing liis military career on the staff of General 
McDowell he terminated it under General Grant after the fall of 
Richmond. The Colonel served in turn upon the staff's of (Tcnerals 
McDowell, Smith (ISaldy), Burnside. J. G. Foster, Banks and Grant. 
As Chief Quartermaster of the Department of North Carolina he 
took entire management of the fitting' out and operating of what 
is known as the " Burnside Expedition," which I'estilted so success- 
fully, and gave to the Union cause Newbern, Beaufort with Fort 
'• Macon," Roanoke Island, Washington, Plymouth and Edenton : 
the commantl of the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, and the Neuce, 
Trent-Tar, Roanoke and Chewan Rivers. The management of this 
expedition was a crucible test of military and executive aliility, and 
in its successful execution Colonel Slaght won the unqualified 
approval of the Government at Washington and the warm con- 
gratulations of military critics all over the country. He served 
subsequently under (Tcnera! J. G. Foster in all the battles in North 
Carolina, and upon the consolidation of the Department of North 
Carolina with that of Virginia joined General N. P. Banks, follow- 
ing him in liis successful nuirch through the " Teclie " country, the 
bondjardment and capture of " Port Hudson," and the subsequent 
disastrous "Red River" campaign. Ordered to join General 
Grant, lie followed that great leader though the closing struggles 
of the I'ebellion, sheathing his sword only with the surrender of 
Lee, and retiring from the army with a military reputation in his 
department of the service second to none, and a name untarnisheil 
and universally respected, notwithstanding the passage of vast 
amounts of money and property through his hands, combined M'ith 
the almost unlimited authority that was conferred upon him on so 
many important occasions during the great war. With deeds well 
done and trusts held sacred, the Colonel's is a name and character 
to be honored and emulated. 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 147 



MAJOR FRAKK K. SMITH 

Was born ill ^^Icw York Citv, < )ctolK'r 11. IsS.s. .luincd tlio 
Foiirtli Coiu)iany, 8eventli Keyiiiieiit, N. Y. S. Militia, in IS.JT. 
lie accompanied the rei;iineiit tu "Wasliiuytoii, D. C, in 1861, and 
to Baltimore, Md., in 18G2. At the latter place, being then a ser- 
geant, he was authorized by the Governor of the State of New 
York to raise a company for the volunteer service, and after being 
mustered out of the U. S. service as an enlisted man, he proceeded 
to New York City for that purpose. On September S, 1862, he 
was nuistercd into the U. S. service as Ca]jtain of Comjiany D, 
One Hundred and Twenty-seventh New York Volunteer Infantry. 
During the winter of 1862-3 the regiment was encamped at Falls 
Church and Clouds Mills, Va., and after an advance to Vienna, to 
<i|)pose a cavalry raid in April, 1863, was ordered to Suffolk, Va., 
which place was being invested by the Confederate forces under 
General Longstreet. Captain Smith participated with his regiment 
in all the engagements incident to the siege. After Longstreet was 
repulsed, the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Regiment was 
ordered to General George II. Gordon's Division, to operate in 
the vicinity of AVest Point, Va. From West Point the division 
proceeded to Yorktown, and in June, 1863, advanced up the Penin- 
sula to White House Landing, from whence attacks were made on 
Lee's communications with Richniond by Generals Dix, Keyes and 
Getly, and the troops were constantly engaged until the One Hun- 
dred and Twenty-seventh was ordered to report to General Meade 
at Ilagerstown, Md. The regiment i-emained with the Army of 
the Potomac, crossing into Virginia at Berlin, and marched to War- 
renton Junction, where about July 2f), 1863, orders were received 
detaching Gordon's Division and sending it to Folly Island, S. C. 
to reinforce General Gillmore, then operating against Cliarlestou. 
(Japtain Smith remained with his regiment in the Department of 
the South until the close of the war. serving oi! the staffs of Gen- 
erals Hatch, (toixIoh and Schimnieliifenning as Assistant Quartei'- 
luaster. Assistant Inspector-General and Aid-de-camp, taking part 
in nearly all the operations against the enemy at Forts Wagner and 
Gregg, the battles on James and John's Islands, the boat attack on 
Fort Sumter, the affair at Lagaresville, December 25, 1863, and the 
battle of Deveaux Neck, S.'C, December 7, 186-1. At the latter 
place his company captured a color fi-oni the enemy, and lost in 
killed and wounded his Second Lieutenant and fifteen men out of 
thirty. Captain Smitii was wounded twice in this action, l)ut 
remained on the field until the successful close of the fight. Was 
commissioned Major of liis regiment IMarch, 1865, for " meritoi'ious 
service and gallant conduct in the held." Major Smith was in 
charge of the railroads in the "Noi'thern District of the Dcpart- 
meut of the South " from the occupation of Chaileston until his 
muster out in July, 1865. 



148 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

He was married in 1862 to ElizalK-tli Chattertoii LJahcock (of the 
old New Haven, Conn., family of that name), and has tliree chil- 
dren now livinif, Frank Dabeock, Annie King and Ethel Elizal)eth. 
Since the close of the war, Major Smith has heen engaged in the 
hanking Inisiness, and is now cashiei- of the S])ragne National Bank 
of Brooklyn. N. Y. 



LLOYD A. SOUVILLE. 

The father of Mr. Sonville was a native of France. He served foi' 
fifteen year.s in the French Army, and was in all tlie principal 
battles under Napoleon L He was severely wounded at the battle 
of Waterloo. On the restoration of the Bonrbons he left the 
country and settled in Philadelphia. He nuirried an American 
lady, and subsetpiently removed to Trenton, N. J. 

Lloyd A. Sonville was l)orii in Trenton, N. J., on April 5, 1839. 
On May 18, lS(il, he enlisted as i)rivate in Company F, First Regi- 
ment New Jersey Volunteers. During the first battle of Bull liun 
his regiment was held in reserve, and witnessed the operations. 
Previous to this Mr. Souville had been made Color Corporal, and 
carried the New Jersey State colors. He took part in the battles of 
West Point and Cold Harbor, and at the battle of Gaines' Mills he 
was wounded in the foot and head. To avoid being captured he 
crept from Carter's to Harrison's Landing, a distance of eight miles, 
and was for three days without food. JEle was removed to Anna- 
polis Hospital, Md., and afterwards to the Judiciaiy Square Hospi- 
tal, Washington, D. C. He remained there until December 13, 
18G2, when he was discharged, but was incapacitated foi- further ser- 
vice. 

After the war, when the regiments were called together to remove 
the flags from the Trenton Arsenal to the State House, Corjjoral 
Souville, being the only surviving person who carried the New 
Jersey State colors of the First Regiment, had the honor of trans- 
ferring them to the new depository. 

On Novemlier 13, 18G0, he married Miss Susan J. Howell, of 
New Brunswick, N. J. They have four living children, viz. : 
Lloyd A., jr., Charles, Susan B., and Lillian H. 

Mr. Souville was formerly a member of Kearney Post, New 
Brunswick, N. J. He removed to Brooklyn in 1879. In 1885 he 
joined Post 327. He was appointed on the •' Relief Guard " to guard 
the remains of General Gi'antat the Capitol at Albany, under (Jrder 
No. 6, and served first under the connnand of Past Commander 
George F. Tait, 8 to 11 i'. m., August 4. He continued on duty 
at the City Hall, New York, and accompanied the reuiains to 
Riverside Park. 



BIOGBAPHICAL SKETCHES. 149 



JOSEPH SANDS. .Ii;.. 

Was horn in Brooklyn. N. Y., on .laniiary 9, isio. On April 
IS, ISfil, lie enlisted in (\inipany A, Fourteenth lieiiinient N. Y. 
S. Militia, lie took part in the tirst battle of l>nll Run, liiiin's 
Hill, Falmouth, Rappahannock Station, Siiljihnr Sprini^-s, Gaines- 
ville, Manassas Plain, Groveton, Chantillj, South ilountain and 
Antietam. During the latter engagement lie was wounded in the 
left arm and sent to tiie hospital. In 1863 he was transferred to 
the Second Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, under Genei'al Order 
221. He was assigned duty at Garver General H(jspital, Wasliing- 
ton, D. C, and remained thei'e until the ex]>iration of his term of 
service, May 23, ISO-t. 

He returned to Brooklyn with the Fourteenth Regiment. In 
1864 he married Miss Martha Mason, of I'.rooklyn. They have 
tliree children, viz., Annie Eliza, Mattie E. and Frances D. M. 

Mr. Sands joined Rankin Post, G. A. R., in issl. and subse- 
quently withdrew, and became a charter member of Post 327, of 
Brooklyn. While the remains of General Grant lay in state at 
Albany August 5, he was a memlier of the Relief (4uard, and was 
on duty from 2 to 5 a. m., and at New Yi>rk, August 6, from 5 to 
8 A. M.; and again on the 7tli from 5 to 8 a m. He accompanied 
the remains to Riverside on the 8th. 



NOAH TEBBETTS 

Is descended from the old Puritan stock of New England, his 
ancestors being among the early settlers of Newburyport, Mass. 
His great-grandfather was a soldier of the Revolution. Mr. Teb- 
betts was born in Rochester. N. II., on the 11th of September, 
1844. He was educated at Rochester and at the New IIani]ishire 
Conference Seminary. 

In September, 1862, he enlisted for nine months as private in 
Company I, 15th N. H. Volunteers. He came with his regiment 
to New York, and accompanied the Banks' Expedition to Louisiana. 
After participating in the siege and capture of Port Hudson, he 
returned with his regiment, in August, 1863, and at the expiration 
of his term of service was inustei'ed out at Concord, N. H. 

He resumed his studies, and soon aftei' attended Harvard Law 
School. In January, 1865, he re-enlisted for the war as privati' in 
Company K, 5th N. H. Volunteers. He took part with his regi- 
ment in the engagements in and around Petersburg, also in the 
battles of Five Forks and Farmville, and was present at the sur- 
render of Lee at Appomattox. 



150 BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

At the close of the war he resumed the sttidy of law in the office 
of Hon. C. W. Woodman, Dover, N. H., and was admitted to prac- 
tice in 1867, and opened an office at Rochester, N. H. He took an 
active part in politics, and was a member of the State Republican 
Committee for three years. In 1870, he was appointed l)y the 
Governor, Bank Commissioner. 

In 1869 he married Miss Emeline F. Whipple, of Newton, Mass. 
In 1872 he removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., and resumed the practice 
of his profession. 

During his i-esidence in New Hampshire he became interested in 
the affairs of the G. A. R., and was Commander of Post 22 of that 
State. He was also connected with the Masonic fraternity, and 
was Master of Humane Lodge No. 21, F. & A. M., Rocliester, 
N. H. 

Mr. Tebbetts composed one of the Guard of Honor that took 
charge of the remains of Gen. Grant, at Mount McGregor, and con- 
tinued in that capacity until the body was placed in the tomb at 
Riverside, August 8, 1885. 



BREVET MAJOR GEORGE F. TAIT. 

Past Commander of U. S. Grant Post 327, G. A. R. 

Personal courage and reckless daring are conspicuous traits in the 
Irish character, and there is scarcely a liattle field in the world's his- 
tory in which the sons of Erin have not distinguished themselves by 
their gallantry and deeds of daring. 

Major Tait, the subject of this sketch, was born in Ireland on 
May 13th, 1837. He came with his parents to America in child- 
hood. His educational advantages were exceedingly limited, but 
faithfully improved. He served twelve years in the publishing 
liousc of Harper Bros., and during a portion of the time attended 
night school, and thus laid the foundation for his subsequent success 
m life. 

In 1858 he joined the " Lindsey Blues," an independent com- 
pany noted for its efficiency in military drill. He thus acquired a 
tiufficient knowledge of the manual of arms to fit him for service in 
the raidvs of the Union Army, and to this, as well as to his personal 
courage and daring, is due the rapid advancement which followed. 

On April 2<)th. 1861, he enlisted as private in Company H, Tenth 
New York Volunteers, known as the "National Zouaves." He was 
soon after made Sergeant, and after the battle of Big Bethel, in 
which he participated, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of 
Company K, and subsecpiently jiromoted First Lieutenant. The 
following is the official record of his services, signed by Geo. F. 
Hopper, Lieutenant-Colonel connnanding Tenth New York Volun- 
teers : 






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3^ 



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P, T-irr'.-- '.ii-r\i) ■■ 




LLOYD A .soUVILLE. P. S, WILLIAMSON, WM L YOUNG 



GROUP No. V 
GlAHI. Ol ll.,N..K— BiLlN-G P4KT.il \U.l 1 '. H v. IV IaIT's DKrAIls. 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 151 

•'The period for which the reofiinent had enlisted haviiiy exjiirod 
on April 16tli. IStJS, Lieutenant Tait remained to serve with the 
Battalicju for the unexpired term of the three years" men. He was 
at once promoted to the Captaincy of Company B, and continued to 
hold that rank until his honorable discharge, August 16th, 1S()4. 
During his term of otfice he was Division Provost JIarshal for four 
months in Brigadier-General Alex. Hayes' Division, Second Corps, 
and was placed in command, by special order, of the Delaware i!at- 
talion of Volunteers for more than a month. He has jiarticipated in 
the following engagements, viz.: Big Bethel, cajitui-e of Norfolk, 
Mechanicsville, Gaines' Hill ("Gaines' Mill"), Seven Day:;' Battles, 
Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Aiitietam, Shepardstown Ford, 
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Aul)urn, Bristow 
Station, Centreville, Mine Run, Morton's Ford and Wilderness. 
At the last named battle he received a wound in his left leg, neces- 
sitating amputation. He was also wounded ;Lt (4aines' Hill. 
Fredericksburg and Bristow Station. 

"He was honorably discharged August l<itli. ISd-l-. on -urgt'on's 
certilicate of disability." 

He was l)revetted Major August 3d, 18Ht>, "for gallant and meri- 
torious conduct on the rield and during the war." 

His several coini-ades-in-arms. who are still living, licai- witness to 
his gallantry in action. 

After liis wound Captain Tait was conveyed to Kredericksliurg. 
Major Cowtan, the lii.storian of the Tenth Regiment, says: 

"Fredericksburg at this time was a great chai'iiel house. Death.-- 
were taking place by the hundreds each day and a cloud ot misery 
seemed hovering over the city, which, for the secoml time during 
the Rebellion, was a vast hospital.'" •■ '■ ■■ * " ■' "The 
noble Sanitary and Christian Commission^ were laboring «ith 
herculean efforts to alleviate the suii'eriiigs of the wounded." 

Among the most earnest, etticient and self-sacriticing among tiic 
laborers of the Christian Commission was Mr. W. C. Booth, at 
present a comrade of T^. S. Grant Post 327. <i. .\. U., and through 
his assiduous attentions and great kindness to Major Tait, a strong 
friendship sprang up between them, which time and subsecpient 
associations have greatly strengthened. 

Major Cowtan thus alludes to the "angels of mercy," wlio were 
everywhere present to minister to the sufferings of the sick and 
wounded : 

"These unwonted trials were borne by our angels of mercy 
uncomplainingly. In some instances the shadow of death over- 
hanging a soldier had brought his wife and mother to his side, and 
these women proved themselves heroines. The kind-hearted wile 
of Captain Tait had managed, by the exercise of imu'h tact and 
decision, to obtain a pass "to visit Fredericksburg, and she was 
especiallv conspicuous in her devotion to the sufferers. It was she 
who held the hand of the brave Color Sergeant Harrison while the 
life blood gushed from a torn artery and he breathed his last, and 



152 BIOGKAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

her daily visits to the hospital houses were welcomed with glad faces, 
especially by the wounded of our own regiment, to whom her coun- 
tenance had grown familiar while in camp at Stony Mountain. In 
common with other courageous female volunteers, Mrs. Tait was 
untiring and self-sacrificing in her humane efforts, and the soothing 
toncii of her hand can hardly be forgotten by those who lived to 
remend>er her kindness." 

Captain Tait married his wife. Miss Kate £. Barry, of Philadel- 
phia, on June 3d, 1863, while on an eight days' furlough. He little 
realized at tlie time that he was marrying a heroine, who would 
soon lie wedded to his regiment, and that his comrades would have 
claims on her which he could not, if he would, ignore. Six children 
have been liorn to them; three have "crossed the dark river to the 
portals beyond;" three are still living, viz.: George F., Jr., Willie 
C. and Harry R. 

AVhen "this cruel war was over" Major Tait returned to Brook- 
lyn, and ill 1866 he received the appointment of Inspector in the 
Xew York Custom House, and continues to fill that position. 

Major Tait was one of the ]iioneei's in the G. A. R. of New York 
State. He first joined Wadswortli Post, No. 4, of Brooklyn, since 
'lisbanded. He afterwards joined Rankin Post, No. 10, and in 1882 
withdrew with a number of others and organized Post 327. He 
was its first Senior Vice-Commander, and in 1883 was elected Com- 
mander, lie served on the staff of Commander-in-Chief William 
Ernshaw in 1879, and on the staff' of Department Commander 
Abrani Merrit in 1881. He is at present Aid-de-Camp on the staff 
of Depai'tmeut (Commander H. Clay Hall. 

During the obsequies of General Grant Major Tait commanded 
the Second Relief at Albany from 8 to 11 i". m. on August 4th ; 
he served on the Fifth Relief at the City Hall, New York, from 
2 to 5 p. M. on the 6th ; he commanded the Seventh Relief the 
same day from 8 to 11 p. m., and on the Second, or last, Relief on 
the morning of tlie 8tli from 5 to 8 o'clock. On the day of the 
funeral he marched from City Hall to 30th street and ."itli Avenue. 
His porti'ait is shown in the centre of Group No. 2. 



JAMES TANNER. 

Who is wtill-kiiown to nearly every Grand Army veteran througli- 
out the country as " (^orporal Tanner." was born at Richmondville. 
Schoharie county, N. Y., on Ajm-II 4, 1844. His early life was 
spent on a farm, and his educational privileges were those of the 
district scluxil. While a mere boy he taught in an adjoining dis- 
trict, manifesting the thoroughness and force of will that have since 
chai-acterized him, and proving to his anxious friends that he was 
fully competent for the work. At the breaking out of the war he 



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abandoned the work of " teaching tlie yoiini;- idea how to shoot," 
and. tliougli but a mere lad liiniself. lu- Sdon acquired the art of 
sliooting X\iQ fuU-(jri>wii enemies tii his cniintrv. and bv more jirae- 
tical metliods, teacliing the men of ••advanced iih'as" tlie ti'ue prin- 
ciples of self-government. 

On Septemiier 2-3. 18tU. lie eidistecl a- pi'ivate in Comjiany C, 
Eighty-seventh Xew Yni'k Ndlunteei's. for three years. He was 
soon after made eoi-poral and was in a fair way to fnrther promo- 
tion when he was overtaken liy a ten^ible disaster that ended his 
army career. His regiment was with Ivearney's Division, and par- 
ticipated in the Peninsular campaign and the battles of Williams- 
burg, Fair Oaks, the siege of Yorksown. the •■Seven Days' Figlit" 
before Richmond, and at Malvern Hill. 

After leaving the Peninsula, the Eighty -seventh fonght at War- 
renton, Bristow Station and ]\[anassas .Tunctioii. 

Corporal Tanner serve<l with hi> regiment thmugii all the engage- 
ments until wounded at the second battle of Ihdl Run. There the 
Eighty-.seventh held the extreme i-iglit of (lur line with Stonewall 
Jackson's corps in front. During a teri-itic shelling from the enemy, 
the men were lying down, when a fi-agment from a bursting shell 
completely severed the corporal's right leg at the aidvle, and shat- 
tered the left so badly as to make amputation neces.^ary. He was 
taken from the field in an unconscious condition and left in a farm 
house, where the surgeon amputated both legs four inches below the 
knee. The retreat of the Union forces left liim a prisoner in the 
hands of the enemy. Ten days after he was paroled and taken to 
Fairfax Seminary Hospital, where after a long struggle between life 
and death he finally recovered. He returned home and was subse- 
rpicntly appointed de]>uty doorkeeper in the A.ssemljly, and held 
other pc.isitions under the Legislature. He was afterwards apijointed 
to a clerk.sliip in the "War Department under Secretary Stanton. 
On the night of President Lincoln's assassination, he was employed 
to take notes of the first official evidence, and then stood by the bed 
of the <lying Presirlent. 

In 18(3(5 he returned to Schohai^ie county, and studied law with 
Judge William C. Lamont. and was admitted to the bar in 1S(:)9. 

In 186(3, while pursuiiii;' his legal studies, he mai^iieil the daughter 
of Alfred C. AVhite. of .Jefferson, X. Y. Tliey have four children, 
viz.: Ada, Antoinette. Jame> A. and Earle ^V. 

He subsequently I'eceived an appointment in the New \ ork Cus- 
tom House, and on his own merits he rose to the position of Deputy 
Collector and served for foni^ years under Gen. Chestc.'r A. Arthur. 

He was the Republican nominee for Assendily of the Fourth Dis 
trict. King's County, in 1871. but wa^ counted out in the election 
frauds of that year. He was nominated liy the Re]iublicans for 
Register in 187(3. when the Democratic majority of the county was 
nineteen thousand, and was defeated 1)\' less than two thousand. 

Probably no man connected with the Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic has done more to advance its interests, or the interests of the 



154 BIOGRAPIOHAL SKETCHES. 

homeless and disabled veterans, than Corporal Tanner. To his 
efforts more than to any otlier man is due the erection of the Sol- 
diers' Home at Bath. Stenhcn County, where six huudi'ed disabled, 
homeless veterans can tind the repose and eomfortsof a home. He 
has also been largely instrumental in secnriiii;- favorable legislation 
for |)etitionini;- pensioners, often j)ayinii' fi-om his own limited 
income the expenses of his several trips to Washington, where he 
appeared before comndttees of the Senate and House of Represen- 
tatives, urging in elocjuent terms the claims of the thousands of dis- 
abled men. For the past seven years lie has held the position of 
Tax Colleetoi', and has not only given employment to a number of 
veterans of the late war, but has reduced the ex|)eiises of the ottice 
one-half, anil instituted many reforms and has extended greatei' 
facilities to the tax-payers. 

Touched with a feeling of sympathy for the disabled soldiei-s who 
•' wore the gray." he suggested to the philanthropic citizens of Rich- 
mond. Va.. the erection of a Soldiers' Home in the South, and. 
under his direction a meeting was held in the Brooklyn Academy 
of Music which resulted in the raising of a fund of !f^l,<!()(l us a 
nucleus, which has since been increased from various sources, both 
North and South, to $2.5,000. Upon the inauguration of the work 
in Richmond he was made one of the trustees, but declined the 
honor. He has thus bound himself to the " blue and the gray " bv 
indissiiluble ties of friendship and love, and his memory will ever 
be kept green in the hearts of those who have been blessed by his 
efforts. 

As a public speaker he has few superiors, being ehxpicnt, logical 
and witty. In debate he is always self-possessed, and meets oppo- 
nents boldlv. having the "courage of his convictions." 



E. B. VAIL 



Was born in New York City on the eighth of September, 1843. He 
removed to Ellenville, Ulster county, in 1S52. 

On the twenty-third of April, 18fil, he enlisted as private in E 
Company, Twentieth Regiment New York State Militia, for three 
month.s. At the expiration of the time he re-enlisted in the same 
company and regiment for three years. He participated in the 
engagements at Norman's Ford, Gainesville, Second Bull Ru7i, 
Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Gettys- 
burg. At the latter place he was wounded iu the left side and sent 
to Turner's Lane Hospital, Philadelphia, where he remained for 
three months. Being incapacitated for further field service he was 
detailed for patrol duty in Washington, and on the expiration of his 
term of .service was honorably discharged at Albany on the twenty- 
seventh of September, 1864. 



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155 



After the battle of Aiitietain lie was olfered the Second Lieuten- 
ancy of his company, but declined on account of deafness, which he 
thought would disqualify him for the position. He then accejitod 
the offer of color corporal, wiiich position he continued to hold until 
his discharge. 

After the close of the war, he started the grocery business in New 
York, and afterwards in Brooklyn. For the last ten years, he has 
carried on the milk business in J>rooklyn. 

In 1867 he married Eliza Hammond, of Patchogue, L. I. They 
have six children, viz.: May, Frederick, Edward, Florence, Fanny, 
and William Grant. 

. Mr. Vail was formerly a mendier of Rankin Post, No. lU, and was 
one of the charter members of Post ."^27. 

He served in the Relief Guard, August .'">, in New York, again 
on the sixth and on the seventh from o to S a. ji. He accompanied 
the remains of General Grant to Riverside. 



CHARLES H. WALKER 

Was boru in Brooklyn, N. Y., on the eleventh of June, 1S45. At 
the age of seventeen, lie enlisted in the Union Army as drummer 
boy, and on the thirteenth of August, 18fi2, he was mustered into 
the service as a member of Company G, <Jne Hundred and Thirty- 
ninth New York Volunteers, for three years, and participated vvitjj 
his regiment in the attack on Fort Magruder, by General Wise, 
Bottoms Bridge, Charles City C. H., and several small skirmishes. 
His regiment joined the F'irst Brigade, First Division, Eighteenth 
Army Corps, Army of the James, and was in the engagements of 
Petersburg and Drniy's Bluff'. On the ffrst of June, ISfi-t. his regi- 
ment and brigade joined the Army of the Potomac, and took part in 
the battle of Cold Harbor. His regiment and brigade returned to 
Petersburg, and was the tirst to possess the heights of Petersburg; 
was at the siege of the latter ; was present at the Mine Explosion, 
Fort HarrLson, and Chapin's Farm. His regiment and brigade was 
assigned to the Twenty-fourth Army Corps as the First Brigade in 
the' Third Division, and took part in the battle of Fair Oaks; 
returned to F\irt Harrison and there reuiained until the cajiture of 
the city of Richmond, and entered the latter place with his regi- 
ment, which was the tirst infantry regiment to enter the city. 

Mr. Walker formed one of the Guard which went to Mount Mc- 
Gregor July 26, to take charge of the remains of General Grant. 
He afterwards served on Major Tait's detail at Albany, August 4, 
and on the sixth at New York from 2 to 5 p. u. on the seventh, 
from 11 p. M. to 2 a. m. on the eighth. 



156 BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCHES. 



SERGEANT JAMES W. WEBB 

Was born in New York City on the twenty-fourtli of May, 1845. In 
1857, when he was but twelve years of ns^c, he removed to Texas, 
vvlicre lie lived with an unole. Two years later lie joined a company 
of Texas Rangers, and fi'oin that time to the breaking ont of the 
civil war was engaged in fighting hostile Indians and lawless bands 
of Mexicans. In 1S62 the company with which he was connected 
was mustered into the Confederate service at Vicksburg, Miss., but 
he remained true to the old flag and joined the secret service of the 
U. S. government. Pie was subsequently captured by guerrillas, 
but made his escape. In 1863, finding he was becoming too well 
known for secret service, he enlisted in the Thirteenth Tennessee 
(Union) Cavalry as private of Company C, commanded by Captain 
Logan. lie was soon after appointed Quartermasters Sergeant, and 
while acting in this capacity he was ordered with his regiment to 
Fort Pillow. Not long after this the garrison, composed of 240 
white and 360 colored troops, was attacked by the Confederates 
under (general Forrest. The garrison made a gallant defense until 
their ammunition gave out, and they were abont to surrender 
when the indiscriminate massacre of white and black troops com- 
menced. After a number had been butchered in cold blood, Webb 
rushed up to General Chalmers and .said to him, " For God's sake. 
General, stop the firing; our men are being all killed." General 
Chalmers then went forward, and the tiring soon afterwai-ds ceased. 

Among tlie troops engaged in the attack were the Texas Rangers, 
the former comrades of Sergeant Webli. They consjiired to take 
him ont and hang him while a prisoner, but a Lieutenant, who was 
formerly a clerk in the store of Webb's uncle, frustrated their 
designs and saved him. He, Webl>, was taken, with tifty-nine other 
white men, and conveyed to Andersonville, where all but four died. 
These, together with Webb, were removed to Florence, Ala., where 
two others died, leaving only Webb and one comrade. It is believed 
that he has since died, wliich would leave Sergeant Webb the only 
survivor of the Fort Pillow massacre. Webb was subsequently 
paroled, and after remaining in the hospital at Fort Schuyler for 
eleven months, was finally discharged by telegraphic order from the 
War L)epartment. 

In 1S75 he was appointed patrolman of the Brooklyn Police 
Department, and was soon after transferred to the Mounted Squad, 
by order of Police Commissioner General Jourdan. 

In 1875 he niari'ied Miss Sarah Cornell, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. 
Webb was one of the charter members of Post 327. He is also a 
member of Montauk Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Irving Lodge, Knights 
of Hon 01'. 

Mr. Webb was a member of the Relief Guard while the remains 
of General (^rant lay in state at the City Hall, New York, and 
formed one of David A. Pitcher's detail from 8 to 11 p. m. on the 
night of the 7tb. 



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LIEUTENANT J. A. WIGHT 

Was horn in New York City cm Aiii;-ust 2:!, 183'.l. 

On April 23, lS(il, he en'listcMJ as private in Company 15, Thir- 
teentli Koi;-inient New York State Militia for three months. On 
Oct<jber 23, ISOI, he enlisted as Serii'eant of Company I!, Twelfth 
Rejj;inient New York Volunteers, for three years. 

He particijiateil in the battles of York'town, Hanover (J. 11.. 
Mechanicsville, Seven Days' tiii'ht. Second Bull Run, South Moun- 
tain, Antietam. Frederiekshurii', Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, 
Aldie and Snicker's Gap. lie v.-as ]i()noral)ly disehani'ed June 30, 
1863, as First Sergeant. 

On August 3, 18(')9, he married Miss Fanny Rogers, of New 
York. They have one eiiild named Charles A., now being educated 
at the Military Schook Aurora, N. Y. 

On March 17, 1SS5, Mr. Wight enlisted in C'ompany B, Seventy- 
first Regiment N. G. S. N. Y., and was warranted Quartermaster's 
Sergeant, and on .Jnne 16 following was commissioneil Second Lieu- 
tenant. 

He is a member of the Society of the Ai-my of the Potomac, the 
Fifth Corps Association, and the Thirteentli Regiment Veteran 
Association. 

He was formerly a memljer of Rankin Post, No. 10, and was one 
of the charter members of Post 327. During the Grant obsequies 
he served as a member of IJelicd' Guard on Adjutant Price's detail 
Second Relief, Angn>t 5. at .\lbany, same day in N(!w Yoi'k on 
Third Relief, and had command of Eighth Relief, 11 i: ii. on the 
6th to 2 A. M. on the 7tli. On the day of the funeral ije marched 
with his reo'iment to Riverside J^ark. 



DAVID HENRY WINTRESS 

Was born in Patchogue, Suffolk Co., L. I., on the tenth of Ajn-il, 
1841. Previous to the war, he followed the occupation of shirt- 
cutter. 

On the twenty-eighth of August, 1S(;2, he enlisted as pi-ivate in V, 
Company, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment New York Vol- 
unteers for three years. He acconi])anied his regiment to Washington, 
thence to Fortress Monroe, Newj.iort News, Camp HaniiltoUj thence 
to Williamsburg, Ya.. where he participated in that important en- 
gagement, April 12, 1863. While lying down with his regiment, 
awaiting a second attack of the enemy one of liis comrades acci- 
dentally kicked the lock of another conirade's musket, which caused 
a discharge, and the ball entered the cheek of Mr. Wintress just 
below the left eye, forcing the cheek-bone into the left eye, com- 



158 BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

pletelj destroying the globe of the eye: the ball continued its 
course, carrying away the nasal bone, and finally escaping through 
the right eye cavity, destroying the sight of both eyes. He remained 
in an unconscious condition for three weeks, with no hope of his 
recovery. During this time a quantity of the brain, which pro- 
truded into the right eye cavity, was removed. He was fed twice 
through the left eye cavity. His name was placed on the list at 
Washinjjjton, as being the most remarkable case of recovery from 
any kind of wound, on record. Since his final recovery, his health 
has been comparatively good. He was discharged from service at 
Camp West, Va.. on July 17, 1863. 

On the seventeenth of November, 187U, he married Miss Susan- 
nah Dobson, of Brooklyn, formerly of Wakefield, Yorkshire, Eng. 
She has been to him a loving wife, and devoted companion, by her 
attention supplying to a great extent loss of his sight. 

Mr. Wintress is a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth 
Regiment War Veteran Association, also of the P^ully Disabled Vet- 
eran Association. 



CHARLES F. WRIGHT 

Was bom iu South Adams. Mass., on June 20, 1844. 

(-)n October 13, 1861, he enlisted as private in Company C, Thir- 
ty-first Massachusetts Volunteers fur three years. He accompanied 
(ien. Butler's expedition to Louisiana, and took part in the capture 
of Fort Jackson and the other Mississippi defenses leading to the 
final capture of New Orleans. He afterwards accompanied the 
expedition which was sent up the Bayou Teche, and took part in 
the several engagements until the army reached Alexandria. At 
the latter place he was taken sick and sent to New Orleans, where 
he was discharged July 17, 1863, on account of disability. He 
served in all twenty-one months. 

He soon after removed to Brooklyn. In 1865 he married Miss 
Elizabeth Burhans, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. They have three liv- 
ing children, viz., J. Frederick, Charles F., Jr., and Harry. 

Sir. Wiight joined Post 327 in 1884. He was appointed to serve 
on the '• Relief Guard" while the remains of General Grant lay in 
state at Albany, his first service being with the detail of Adjutant 
Price, under Order No. 7, August 5, from 5 to 8 a. m. He con- 
tinued to serve at intervals until the clo.sing ceremonies at Riverside 
on August 8. 



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CAPTAIN CHARLES W. WALTON 

Waslxtrii in Norwalk, Conn., on rlic nineteentli of June. 1S43. On 
tlie nineteenth of September. ls(;i. he enlisted in Company B, Fiftv- 
first Regiment New "\ ork Vohmteers as private for tliree j-ears. 

He was connected throiighonf witii tlie Second Division, Nintli 
Army Corps, wlio were witii the Burnside Expedition ; the Army 
of Virginia imder Pope; tlie Army of the Potomac during the 
Maryland campaign, and until after the battle of Fredericksburg: 
at the siege of Vicksbui-g under Gi-aiit ; the march against Joe John- 
ston's army to Jackson, Miss., under Sherman ; the East Tennessee 
Campaign undei- Burnside, and until dischai-ged with the Army of 
tlio Potoniac. He participate<l in twenty-two engagements, as fol- 
lows, viz. : Roanoke Ishuid, Newberii. Sulphur Sjirings, Second 
Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, 
Jackson. l\Iiss.. Hough's Ferry and Campbell's Station in Tennessee. 
Wilderness, Sjiottsylvania (May 12, '04), Spottsylvania (May 18, 'fU). 
North Anna, Tolopolomuy Creek, Cold Harbor, near Peterslmrir 
(June 17. '(54), near Petersburg (June 18. '04). Cemetery Hill (Mine 
Explosion), Weldon Railroad, and Poplar Grove Church. He also 
participated in tlie sieges of Vieksljurg, Knoxville and Petersbui-g. 
and took part in several skirmishesand raids. Twice he was within 
the enemy's lines and narrowly escaped being captured. During 
the charge on the '' Burnside Bridge," over Antietam Creek, Sep- 
tember 17, 1862, lie was wounded in the head. 

After serving in the ranks for over a year, he was recommended 
for promotion to Governor IMorgan in the following terms : 

" Corporal Charles W. Walton, now acting Sergeant of Company 
B, of this regiment, lias, by his untiring devotion to his duties, won 
the esteem and respect of his officers. He has always been found at 
his post ready and willing for all work required of him, and believ- 
ing him one worthy the service, we cheerfully recommend him U> 
any position in the line to which he may aspire, and hope to hear of 
his promotion." 

This recommendation was signed by his Colonel and all the ]irin- 
cipal officers, and he promptly received a commission as Second Lien- 
tenant of his own company, with rank from September 29, 1802. 

His first experience as an officer was at the battle of Fredericks- 
burg, when, at the close of the tight, he was not only in command 
of his own company, but also of the one on his right, every officer 
but himself being wounded. He narrowly escaped, with five bullet 
holes in his clothing, one ball grazing his arm. He was prumnted in 
regimental orders for bravery on the field that day, and received his 
commission as First Lieutenant, with rank from March 14, 1863, 
being transferred to the command of Company E, whose Captain 
was detailed on staff duty. One year later he was honored with a 
commission as Captain of his company, with rank from March 19, 
1864, just three mouths before he became of age. He was considered 



160 BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

tlie youngest officer holding that rank in the whole Ninth Corps- 
During his career as an officer he served as aid-de-camp on the staffs 
of Generals Parke, Potter and Ilartrant't ; also Colonels Sigfi'ied 
and Bliss, and was appointed mustering officer of his division nntil 
relieved hy a regular army officer. When relieved from staff duty, 
January 3, ISGi, by his own request, Gen. Hartranft took occasion 
to compliment him as follows: 

"The General commanding acknowledges with gratification the 
valuable services of Lieutenant Walton while serving as aide, and 
takes partieuhir pleasure in mentioning his handsome behavior at the 
battle of Cam[)beirs Statioii, and during the siege of Knoxville." 

He was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of ser- 
vice, October 6, ISOi, having served while his regiment was at the 
front, seventeen days over his time. On the eiglith of June, 1868, 
he married Annie E. Beck, of Brooklyn. They have two children : 
Emma, born in ISTO, and Edna, in 1872. 

Captain Walton was mustered into U. S. Grant Post o27, Noveni- 
l)er 25, 1884. He served on the detail of Adjutant Price, August 
."», 1885, from o to 8 a. m., while the remains of General Grant lay 
in state at the Capitol in Albany. He was also on guard in New 
York August 6, from 5 to S a. m., and from 5 to 8 p. m., and on the 
day following. August 7, from 8 to 11 p. m. 



PETER S. WILLIAMSON 

Comes from an old revolutionary family, prominent in the annals 
of New York. His great grandfather served in the war of the 
Revolution, and his grandfather in the war of 1812. 

Mr. Williamson was born in Jersey City, on the twentieth of 
July, 1844. He removed to Bi'ooklyn at an early age, where he 
received a liberal education. 

His extreme youth did not deter him from enlisting in the war 
for the defense of the Union, and on the twenty-sixth of September, 
1862, he was mustered in as private in Company C, One Hundred 
and Fiftieth Regiment New York Volunteers for three years. He 
was for several mouths engaged in garrison duty at different points. 
He took part in the liattle of Gettysburg, and remained for some 
time thereafter at Kelly's Ford. After the consolidation of the 
Eleventli and Twelfth Army Corps into the Twentieth, under the 
command of General Hooker, Mr. Williamson joined it with his 
regiment, and took part in several notable engagements in the West, 
among which were Resacca, New ni)]}e Church, Kencsaw Moun- 
tain, Pine Knob, Gulp's Farm, Peach Tree Creek, and Dalton, Ga 
Soon after the arrival of his regiment at Atlanta, Ga., he was 
detailed as clerk for General Steedman. He subsequently joined 
his regiment at Goldsboro, N. C, and participated in the engage- 



}!I0(;i;ai'I1I(AI. skki(II|>. lt;i 

mcnt at that place. He was mustered mit of service as ciir|>(iral mi 
tlie eiglitli of June, 1 stJ."*. 

In 1871 he entered tlie nutioii department <>\' IL. I!. ClatihiiV (_'c«.. 
New York, where he still remains. 

In IST-t lie man-ied llari'iet .1. Ilopsdn, nf Ih-oulclvn, X. ^'. 
They ha\(^ one child, named Ada ('. 

During the funeral ol)se([uies of (ieneral (Tianr, in wliieh Post 
;W7 liore so conspicuous a part, Mr. Williamson served on the Relief 
Guard at Albany on the fourth of August, at New York on tlu^ 
tifth and seventh, and servcid on Major 'lout's detail on the mijrning 
of the eishtli. 



AtyriN<T CHIEF ENGINEER JOHN YATP:S 

Was born in New York (Jity on tlie ninth of Augusr, 1 ^:* I . i'rc- 
vious to the war his occupation was rliat of machinist. In Se|)tem- 
ber, 1862, he enlisted for six months in the United States Navy as 
First Assistant Engineer. He was assigned to the United States 
frigate Colorado, and in December, following was promoted to Act- 
ing Chief Engineer and transferred to tlie sloop-ot'-war Sacramento 
then on blockading service off Wilmington, N. C. The ship remained 
there for about eight months, and after being refitted at Boston was 
ordered on a roving comnn'ssion in search of the rebel privateer 
Alabama. News was received, while lying at Lisbon of the sinking of 
the Alabama by the Kearsage. The Sacramento subsecpiently over 
hauled a rebel privateer in St. George's Channel, but being witlun 
British limits could not attack her. Iti the latter part of August. 
1865, the Sacramento was ordered home, and Mr. Y'ates was honor- 
ably discharged on the tweiity-tifth of September, 1865. 

In 1867, he accepted a position as machinist in the I5rooklyn Navy 
Yard, while he still holds. 

In 181r±, he married Elizabeth Frost, of New York. They liave 
two children, viz. : James and Evelyn. 



WILLIA.M I. V()l'.\<. 

Was born in Brooklyn, on Noveudjer 8, 181:6. When the stirring 
events of the war incited even chihlren to deeds of patriotism, he 
was an.xious to serve his eouiitrx. lie was a l)oy in years and in 
appearance, and aftei' vainly trying to enlist in the army he .suc- 
ceeded on March 12, 186-1:, agaiiist Ids parents' consent, in enlisting 
in the United States Navy as landsMiau. .Vfter he had eidisted lii.s 
mother ii'ave him up, and, with true Spartan heroism, told him 



\iJ2 I'.KXiKAinilOAI, SKETCH F.S. 

never to come back until houdi'aMy discharged from the service of 
his countrv. 

He was assiguet! to the U. S. Steamer Proteus, Commodore 
Siuifeldt, then attaciied to tlie West Gulf squadron. Slie made 
several cruises in search of the Shenandoah and Alabama without 
success. She captured four blockade runners — two steamers and 
two schooners. Mr. Young sharing in tlie prize money. He 
remained in tlie service until March. 1865. when he was honorably 
discharged. 

On April -I'-K l'^(J^. he murricd Anna Ji. (rilbert. of lirooklyn. 
They have two chihlren, (-irace C and William L. 

He has been for a number of years engaged in the business of 
painting. 

On Se|)tember 13, 1SS4, he jt)iiied Post 327. He was appointed 
to the Itelief CJuard, while the remains of General Grant lay in 
state at the Capitol, at Albany, and was a member of Major Tait's 
detail. He was in the first and last detail at the ('ity Hall, New 
York, during the latter again serving with Major Tait. He also 
accompanied the remains to Riverside. 



WM. VAX II. rcirrELYou, 

ass't kn(;inei:k u. s. (jkamt po.st 327, 

Was born in Lebanon. Warren Co.. Ohio. July '26. ls4;5, and subse- 
quently removed with his parents to New York. 

Previous to tlu; war he was connected with the Amenoan Agri- 
(■ulturlnt. 

On the eighteenth of xVpril, 1801, he enlisted in Company D. 
Twelfth Regiment New York State Militia, for three months. 
On August lOtli, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Ninth New York 
State Volunteers (known as Plawkins' Zouaves), for two years. He 
took part in the battle of Koanoke Island and Camden. At the 
latter place he was wounded in the right knee. He was captured 
and remained in the hands of the enemy about a week. During this 
time his leg was amputated above the upper third of the knee. 
He was afterwards paroled and sent to Fortress Monroe, where he 
remained in the hospital for three months. He was subsequently 
paroled and was mustered out of service with his regiment in May, 
1863. 

In 1867, he married Miss Elizabeth S. Eakin, of Brooklyn. They 
have one child, named Minnie E. 

Mr. Cortelyou was formerly a member of Rankin Post, No. lu, and 
subsequently became one of the charter members of U. S. Grant 
Post 327. His portrait is shown in Group No. 5, " Comrades of the 
Ninth Army Corps." 



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